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| Paul Caudill | profile | all galleries >> Summer 2004 - Puppets in Japan >> At Home in Kohoku-cho | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Taken during our first daytime walk |
 Ben inspects one of the many small ojizosans that line the roads of Yamamoto village |
 Wan-chan always appreciates an opportunity to relieve himself somewhere other than the genkan... |
 Climbing up Mt. Yamamoto (aka Yamamoto-yama) |
 A view from halfway up the mountain |
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 From atop the moutain. Lake Biwa is the large body of water, and Chikubushima is the small island. |
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 Chikubushima in the early afternoon haze |
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 On the summit |
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 Okaasan and Wan-chan |
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 Yamamoto-yama - Elevation 324m |
 Ben, Okaasan and assorted herb-gathering folk |
 One of the trails |
 Another view of the summit |
 Poor Wan-chan! |
 Our old room... |
 We have since moved upstairs |
 Ben Botiller, my onii-san and the guy I live with |
 Ben's a rock star |
 He recommended that I keep on taking pictures, cuz I'll never know when he finally hits it big. |
 The northeastern area of Shiga is filled with large, flat areas filled with rice paddies... |
 ...with mountains looming in the background... |
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 Nick Witkowski, one of my good buddies from the trip |
 Yamamoto-yama looms in the distance... (more) |
 A Buddhist burial ground |
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 Another shot of Yamamoto-yama |
 Me and my buddy, the yama |
 Mt. Ibuki far in the distance. It's 5 times as high as Yamamoto-yama and lies on the border between Shiga and Gifu prefectures |
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 Our house |
 A view from the bridge right in front of our house |
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 Around Yamamoto village |
 More ojizosan |
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 The local jinja |
 It's a very beautiful place. |
 The path up the side of Yamamoto-yama is found here as well. |
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 The following pictures are from another hike up Yamamoto-yama. These statues honor the village men killed in World War II. |
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 Sunset over northeastern Biwako |
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 The summit path |
 Ben and Holman-sensei forge ahead |
 Bamboo forests on steep mountainsides |
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 On the day of our hike up Yamamoto-yama, Ben, Holman-sensei and I found a very strange cluster of abandoned buildings. |
 We decided to take a look. Though pitch black inside, the complex was apparently home to a women's underwear company. |
 Energized by his experience in the lingerie plant, Ben glows with enthusiasm for Japan. |
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 Ben and Mom picking plums across the street |
 A bountiful harvest |
 Ten years ago this scene would have made me cry with joy |
 Ben and obaachan, the world's sweetest and most adorable Japanese granny |
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