故郷への旅 - Journey to HOME-

私達、野楽暮は旅の途中。

いつも私達の故郷を探しています。

私達にとっての故郷とは・・・・

生まれ育った場所？

親がいるところ？

いえいえ、私たちにとっての故郷は、野楽暮の夢が花咲く、心地いいところ・・・・

決まったカタチや場所にとらわれていないのです。

こうして旅は続きます、その場所を求めて。

いつか出会う、その場所に私の藁と土の家が建つのです。

We, Norabo are on the journey.

We are always searching for the ideal place for our HOME.

What does HOME mean to us?

Place where you were born and grew up?

Place where your parents live?

No, no, what I meant by HOME is the comfortable place where our dreams bloom.....

we don't have a rigid definition of it by a certain place or shape.

This is how our journey will last until we find the place.

There you will find my hand-sculpted house.

(from the Mud Girls Natural Building Collecive)

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森の音楽 - music of the forest-

先日、「森聞き」というドキュメンタリー映画を見ました。

高校生が森の達人達のお話を聞き書きしにいく・・・という内容だったのですが、

（映画についてはこちらを http://www.asia-documentary.com/morikiki/ ）

なによりよかったのは、その音楽！！！

まるで、深く静かな森にいるような感じがするのです。

アーティストの名は「Rajaton」という、フィンランドのアカペラグループ。

彼らの世界にすっかりはまって、毎日聞いています。

ぜひぜひ森の音楽を聞いてみてください

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oghj7y4hluU

こっちも！！！

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucpx11Xfpbk&feature=related

こっちも！！！

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9SKAscYLro&feature=related

Lately I had a chance to watch a documentary film "MORIGIKI - Hearing of the Forest"..

(For the film, see this link http://www.asia-documentary.com/morikiki/ )

The film was about a few high school students visiting old men and women,

so-called "the masters of the forest", who deveoted their lives to the forest.

I really like the film, but what amused me most was its music!!!!

The music made me feel as if I were in the deep quiet forest.

The artist is a Finnish a cappella group called "Rajaton".

Oh, I am completely into their world and listen to them everyday.

Here are some pieces of Rajaton music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oghj7y4hluU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9SKAscYLro&feature=related

Enjoy the music of the forest!!!!

藪イチゴ摘み Bush berry picking

寒い、寒いと言っていたら、ペコ太に森へ行こうと誘われました。

もこもこに着込んでやって森にやってきました。

そこにはまだ藪イチゴの姿が・・・・

ポコは大コーフンです

これで何をつくろうかなー　

そうだ、森でこんなものを発見。

自然はやっぱりすごいアーティストなのです。

タツノオトシゴのような彫刻？？？

Freeeeezing....

When Poko was complaining the recent deadly chillness here in Iga,

Pekota asked me to take a walk in the forest nearby.

I put on thick clothes as many as possible and came to the forest.

Then what we found was.... BUSH BERRIES!!!!

(I am not sure about the precise English names for this kind of berries though.)

Oh, this is exciting!!!!

With these berries, what am I going to make?????

We found this, too.

This is like a hand-scultped dragonfish, don't you think?

And here is a brown carpet of the fallen chestnut leaves.