Drip Coffee

Drip Coffee: from the packaging to the way the pre-cut framework unfolded, precisely, no tears (in both senses), everything worked! And the coffee was good, especially waking up at some odd hour jet-lagged!

Fuji-san from the train

Fuji-san from the Shinkansen, December 2002, on my way to Kyoto.

Kūya Shōnin 空也上人

The 13th Century small statue of the priest Kūya is at Rokuharamitsuji [六波羅密寺] in Kyoto. The small Buddha figures (kebutsu) coming from the priest's mouth represent the sacred syllables of the nenbutsu [念仏], the recitation of the Amida Buddha's name. More details are available at Jaanus (Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System).

Angel sculpture by Imre Makovecz

Imre Makovecz’s Roman Catholic Church Paks, Hungary

"Angel sculpture outside Imre Makovecz's Roman Catholic Church, Paks, Hungary". The cover of this magazine in a newsagent on Tottenham Court Road spoke to me directly.