michael lambe

First off, a quick reminder that our friend Yui Katou’s exhibition started today at Gojo Guesthouse Cafe. She wrote to tell me that:

AH, WHAT ABOUT YOUR SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT??
THERE WILL BE A LIVE CONCERT AT GOJO AND I WILL DO LIVE-PAINTING WITH
THE MUSIC THAT’S SATURDAY THE 24TH!!
IT STARTS FROM 19:30 AND MY DAD IS PLAYING THE FLUTE AS WELL!

Now that sounds nice, doesn’t it? Yui’s exhibition is from 1 p.m to 9:00 p.m. and will run until Sunday the 25th of February.

This next bit is going to make Kumar very very jealous. Yesterday HJ and I went to the Kyoto International Manga Museum that opened up here in November. What a top place! They have an massive manga collection you can sit and read at your leisure. There are also some foreign comics (I read a whole copy of Hellblazer ). There’s a very nice children’s library too, which is really wonderfully designed. There’s a sort of well in the middle with soft flooring the kids can sit in while they read. It’s just the sort of thing kids love to sit in and it was quite moving to see all these little boys and girls in there with their noses buried in their books… Another great part is the 紙芝居 (kamishibai) performances which continue throughout the day. Kamishibai is an old form of storytelling using illustrations in a wooden frame. I’d never had the chance to see it before, and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Well, finally we had our pictures drawn by a nice young chap called Seibi. And you can see a video of that below.

So, I’m a blonde, blue-eyed 16 year old apparently… After the Manga Museum we got a bite to eat and a few pints of the old Guinness at Field and there we met and got talking to a very nice Finnish chap by the name of Mika. And he gave us our first lesson in Finnish:Kiitos! - Thank you!
Hyuvaa Paivaa! - Good day!
Nakemiin! - Goodbye!
Kippis! - Cheers!

But I think the best quote from Mika last night was “I like some Irish… They are weird like Finns.” If you are reading this Mika, I hope you had a safe flight home and be sure to get in touch next time you visit!

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