Spring
Product DescriptionObserving spring’s powerful change on people and the Japanese rural community around Yabe with text and photos is the main theme of the book. The author spent time living in a home that has been in the same family . . . More >>
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This little gem of a book captures the essence of Spring in a remote farming village in Southern Japan in all its beauty, earthiness and mystery. As the sole gaijin living in an ancient village (the family whose house he stayed in had owned it for over 20 generations) the author is at once both a detached, curious and perceptive observer of daily Japanese village life and, at the same time, somehow magically involved in their seasonal rhythms and rituals. Miller is an accomplished photographer and poet. His photos and, even more, his haiku poems marvelously convey the beauty of the scenes around him – the forests, cherry blossoms, carp ponds, deep green paddy fields. . . Reading his poems you can almost smell the mist rising off the damp soil at night, the fragrant morning air, and hear the whispering of the wind in the bamboo groves and the melodic chanting of the farm women tending the fields. Don’t we all wish we could sometimes get away from city life and contemplate the beauty of nature in simple village life – and, by doing so, somehow capture their essence while penetrating deeper into our own spirits, as the author has done? Overall, a marvelous book!
Rating: 5 / 5
Russell Miller has lived and traveled extensively in the Far East, especially in Japan. In his pictorial photography Book “Spring”, he depicts a one month stay in Yabe Japan, an hour and a half east of the Japanese City of Kumamoto. The text chronicles the stay, but the photographs are the reason for obtaining the Book. From the exquisite photographic cover, to the garden on p. 99 and the flowering bushes on p. 109, the photographs capture the artistic beauty of Japan. My only complaint is that I wish some of the photographs were larger. The printing quality of the book was outstanding.
Rating: 5 / 5
Spring, for me, is a sort of journal with huge benefits. The writings are random thoughts both simple and complex, enriched with many delightful haiku and stunning photos.
I marveled at the author’s “journey” without agenda. His descriptions of the small piece of another world [Yabe, Japan] in which he resided for a month are moving, funny, and fascinating. Everything, people, places and the natural environment, is offered as savory treats.
For me, Spring provides an experience I can enjoy over and over again.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a great book for those who really appreciate the culture of Japan. I love the fabulous photos that captured the images of the Yabe and the people. The stories and experiences written are very touching and sometimes funny. I like to flip to random chapter to just read the haiku poems. This book is truly delightful!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
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We went last night. I love the sriracha noodle dish. Delish. And the spring rolls are divine, nice presentation too.
Linda Farrow Vintage Spring 2010 Jeremy Scott and Walter Van Beirendonck :O http://bit.ly/adonxI vintage fashion
http://bit.ly/baRA8h I am not sure Spring understand the concept of a POJO anymore. “all hidden behind a nice clean POJO…” ?!?!
Thomas Engel Ha W Spring 2011 – http://newzfor.me/?4u1l
I always forget how much traffic sucks when everyone is in town for the fall/spring