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Show highlights mystery and mythology of Ryukyus Ryujin-no Utage
Ryujin-no Utage is an annual spectacle that amazes spectators with dragons and Ryukyu performing arts at Ishikawa Dome on Dec. 10th and 11th.
yujin was a God who reincarnated into a dragon, and controlled and governed water. To please the God, people in the
Ryukyu Kingdom used music and Taiko drums, and those ancient rituals are the basis of an annual musical spectacle that takes place in the Ishikawa Dome on Dec.
10th and 11th. The performance starts at 18:30 on both days with the venue opening two hours earlier. The show oozes mythology and
mystery of the ancient Ryukyu, and is very popular both among local people and visitors. Food and game vendors are operating booths outside of the Ishikawa
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Air Festival showcases JASDF Blue Impulse acrobatics Churashima Air Festival 2016
erformances of the Blue Impulse, the acrobatic team of the Japan Air Self Defense Force, will be the highlights of the Churashima Air Festival to be held at the JASDF Naha Air Base on Sat. Dec. 10, and Sun. Dec. 11. The admission to the festival is free that opens at 10:00 on both days. The festival closes at 19:00 on Saturday and 16:00 on Sunday. For those who' ve never seen a Japanese military air show, the festival is something to see. The JASDF Naha Air Base is adjacent to Naha International Airport, with which it shares the runways. The program includes overhead flights of various Japan Air Self Defense Force and Japan Coast Guard aircraft, both rotary and fixed wing. The fly-bys start at 14:00 and continue through 15:00. The Blue Impulse acrobatic flight show takes place from 15:05 to 16:30 on both days. A F-15 night flight projection mapContinues on page 3
Children will have their own space.
Flybys and aerial aerobatics steal the show on Saturday and Sunday at Naha Air Base.
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Warm, dry weather promised for Sunday Naha Marathon
Runners fill Kokusai Street in Naha shortly after the morning start of the marathon.
Ryujin-no Utage
0,000 runners picked from a much larger number of applicants will line up behind the starting line at Meiji Bridge on Highway 58 in Naha to start the 32nd Naha Marathon. The weather forecast for the day is sunny skies with a probability of rain at 10% and temperatures up to 26 make conditions perhaps a bit challenging. The Naha Marathon began in 1985 in commemoration of the 25-year sistercity relationship with Honolulu, Hawaii. The full marathon 42.195-kilometer course through the five cities and towns in the southern region of the island, including Haebaru and Yaese Town, then south to Itoman, and back through Tomigusuku and to the finishing line in Onoyama Park in Naha City. The route has changed a little for this year towards the end of the course, mainly because of the changed traffic flows after the completion of the Tomigusuku and Itoman elevated bypass roads. The
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amazing show on stage. The host group Ryujin Densetsu is known for its variety of powerful acts mixing drums, lion dance (Shishimai) and Hatagashira performances. Hidekatsu is a wellknown composer of modern version Eisa songs, local popular singer Chiaki and 'Wakateeda', a group that performs regularly both in and outside Okinawa and overseas are among the performers. Violinist ARIA and modern ballet dancers will add some spice on the stage. Heshikiya Youth Eisa group and Kozue Taira with her traditional dance arranged in pop-style will also perform in the show. The show has a japanese language website at Advance tickets for S-seats are ¥3,000, and general seats ¥2,500 for adults in advance. Tickets for high, junior high and elementary school students cost ¥1,500 in advance. All tickets cost ¥500 more at door. Admission is free for pre-school age and younger children provided that they share a seat with a parent. Tickets are on sale at Familymart e-plus, Dining Kitchen Oz, studio café 'ROSSO x ROSSO' and MCCS Tours Plus. To get to Ishikawa Dome drive on Hwy 58 north from Kadena. After passing Okinawa Renaissance Resort, take the road towards Ishikawa. The silver color Ishikawa dome is on the left just after you pass under the elevated Okinawa Expressway. Free parking area is next to the dome.
The show employs plenty of special effects for an extraordinary dramatic impact.
route now goes from Itoman Rotary past Tomigusuku City Office on Hwy 331, to Nakachi Crossing and left onto Oroku Bypass, then passes Tomigusuku Police Station on the north side, along Oroku Bypass past AEON Naha to Yamashita Crossing and then continues to the finish line in Onoyama Park. Last year, 26,679 people started the course and 18,326 runners, 14,363 men and 3,963 women, made it through the finish line within the 6-hour time limit meaning 68.69% of the participants completed the race. Participants outside of the island and overseas accounted for over 40 % of all runners, totaling more than 10,000, which is a definite proof of the popularity of the race. The Naha Marathon has grown to become the island's premier race event, It has come far from the first race on Dec. 8th in 1985, when 5,139 runners battled the rain and 19.7C temperatures. Of those, 95%, 4,301, completed the race.
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Hideki Urakami exhibits art with "characters of heart" 2010 he began working as a Kokoro Moji (heart characters) artist, holding a brush in his mouth to create his unique works of graphic design art. In 2013, his works were exhibited at a Cherry blossom festival at Vancouver in Canada, where he also demonstrated his working techniques for the first time in front of an audience that had a big impact on people
watching. Since then, he has had exhibitions throughout Japan. The Kokoro Moji art exhibition will be held at Ayakarino Mori in Kitanakagusuku Village near Costa Vista Hotel on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 14:0018:00, and at Curt Conrad House in 708 Esu, Uruma City, on Sunday, Dec. 4, from 12:00-17:00. Urakami will give a demonstration of his work on both days.
Churashima Air Fest
Artist Hideki Urakami creates art holding the brush in his mouth.
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The kanji character above, "oru," meaning "weave," was created as a symbol of Ashikaga, a city that has a long tradition in textiles. This kokoromoji the character is composed of seven hiragana characters - か 、 が 、 や 、 く 、 み 、 ら 、 い - (kagayaku mirai) that means "sparkling future," which is what the city aims to. n unusual art exhibition English subtitles explaining called "Kokoro Moji" each work are listed at the (characters of heart) will Kokoro Moji exhibition. be held at Ayakari-no The artist whose Kokoro Mori in Kitanakagusuku near Moji works are on exhibition is Costa Vista Hotel, this weekend. Hideki Urakami. He was born Kokoro Moji is a special Feb. 9, 1973 in Ageo, Saitama form of art that presents artistical- Prefecture, and now resides in ly drawn kanji characters that are Kasukabe, in the same prefecture. composed of hiragana characters In 1993, at the age of 21, he that together form a meaning, was diagnosed with distal myopawhich in turn is related to the thy, a.k.a. distal muscular dystrokanji. phy, a disease characterized by A big part of the intrigue is progressive wasting of distal musto decipher the hiragana charac- cles. Although he retains feeling ters from the kanji and then try to throughout his body, he has little figure out the connection between or no ability to move his arms or the kanji and the meaning of the legs, or any other parts of the hiragana hidden in it. body requiring muscle action. In
ping show is scheduled for Saturday only from 18:20 to 18:30. No military show is complete without static displays of military equipment, and that's true for the Churashima Air Festival. Military displays from the Ground Self Defense Force, Maritime Self Defense Force and Air Self Defense Force will be open to the public to look, touch and take
JASDF and Japan's Coast Guard aircraft is on static display during the Churashima Air Fest.
JASDF Blue Impulse aerobactics team will show their kills on both days.
pictures. Oroku High School Band is scheduled to play on the tarmac in front of the hangar on Saturday morning, while the JASDF Southwestern Naha Band performs a show on the stage in the afternoon. Local performers will take the stage on Sunday. There is no parking at the Naha Air Base venue. Visitors must park at Naha Military Port and take a free shuttle bus to the festival. Military organizers say portable chairs and pets are not permitted at the air show.
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Chibana Exchange membership card saves paperwork
Rina (left) and Anna are ready to serve customers at Chibana Exchange.
ometimes it feels like one of the fastest growing businesses on Okinawa are small shops that specialize in currency exchange, and actually, with the number of foreign visitors to the island soaring and a large number of residents working for the U.S. military and related civilian companies that pay wages in U.S. dollars, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. When there's a demand, there's a supply. Chibana Exchange opened Sep. 15, 2016. The shop is close to Kadena Gate 3 right next to Family Mart Chibana 4-chome branch. The shop is open from 9:30 to 19:00 on weekdays and 9:30 to 18:00 on weekends. Their telephone number is 098-9896203. According to local regulations, a person who exchanges foreign currency worth over ¥100,000 must write personal information like the name and phone number on an exchange slip. This is required based on international agreements to prevent money laundering. Chibana Exchange has a way to make this faster and easier by issuing repeat
customers a free membership card. The shop keeps the personal information of the customer on file and fills in the paperwork. All the customer has to do is to show the card. Takashi Yorikawa, the owner of the Chibana Exchange and another shop in Hamby that he has run since May 2015, says, "We try to make exchanging currency as easy as possible. Whether you need foreign currency before traveling overseas or want to exchange your foreign money back to Japanese yen, we can make it easy for you. We exchange U.S. and Canadian dollars, Euro and currencies of 9 other countries of Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand." He adds, "The year end holiday travel season is coming. Now is the time to make the plans." The daily exchange rates are on their blog at http://ameblo.jp/hambyexchange/ Both shops are open seven days a week and only close for the New Year holiday from Dec. 31 through Jan. 2.
Expressway to close for nighttime bridge maintenance
part of Okinawa Expressway and Naha Airport Expressway will be closed south of Nishihara entrance/exit for four nights from 21:00 to 6:00 from Dec. 11th through 15th for bridge maintenance work. The closed sections will be Naha – Nishihara on Okinawa Expressway, and from Haebaru kita – Nishihara on Naha Airport Expressway. NEXCO West Japan Kyushu Branch advises public to exit at Nishihara on the way south at night time, including Naha Airport, and continue on Route 330 to Naha.
Likewise, drivers coming from Naha on the way north should take Route 330 and enter the Expressway from Nishihara. Those who need to go to or from Haebaru Kita have to take a detour either driving to Route 330 in Naha or use on Route 329 through Yonabaru. In case the maintenance work can't be completed or otherwise concluded in time, the alternate closing nights will be Thursday – Friday, Dec. 16~17 and Sunday, Dec. 18, through Wednesday, Dec 21. For inquiries, call NEXCO West Japan 24-hour Customer Center toll free at 0120-924-863.
The maintenance work will close the expressway for four nights south of Nishihara entrance/exit.
Okinawa flu epidemic
The Ministry of Health announced Friday that the seasonal influenza epidemic has now spread throughout the country having began more than a month earlier than last year. According to ministry figures based on the number of patients visiting a doctor for influenza, Okinawa has relatively the most people affected with the epidemic, followed by Tochigi, Fukui, Hokkaido and Iwate. The number of people suffering from the flu is still increasing. This year's epidemic started the second earliest since the ministry started keeping track in 1999.
This weekend and the following days of December make the most dynamic period of this year. Your sense of competition and impatience in general drives you to try to achieve everything, and the result easily is a burn out. There could be many surprises ahead and you will need a good sense of humor to get through.
As the romantic planet Venus is moving away from your sign, your love life is heading into a quieter period that could last until the end of the year. Especially next week you must remember that using power and manipulation does not take you very far. Instead you should enjoy your memories and reflect on your achievements.
Missing python found
A ball python that escaped its cage in a beauty shop in Matsuyama, Naha City was found it in the attic of the shop Saturday night. The shop owner found his 1.5-meter long python after he heard a sound from his ceiling. The python that is not dangerous or venomous had somehow gotten out of its glass terrarium and climbed into the ceiling. After initially looking for and failing to find his snake, the owner reported it to police. The owner said that he heard the snake making a scratching sound as it moved inside the ceiling, and used a deck brush and umbrella to coax his pet back to its enclosure. Naha Police said, "It was good that the shop had no customers when the snake was found, and both the owner and the python are safe. Although the python is not dangerous, we would like the owner to watch his pet be more carefully from now on."
Wine sales in Okinawa grown 14-fold in 5 years
Although the quantity of wine imported from overseas to Okinawa and its cost are decreasing, the overall quantity of wine sales in the prefecture shot up 40 percent over the period of five years from 2009 to 2015. According to Okinawa Customs, 163 kiloliters of wine was directly imported to Okinawa in 2015 that is 3.4% less than the previous year. The cost of the imports was ¥53.39 million that is 0.8% less than the year before. Both have been decreasing for two years in a row. The quantity has dropped 35.7% from the 457 kiloliters in 1998 that was the peak year for imports. According to Okinawa Customs, the main reason is the decrease in the number of companies that import wine directly into the prefecture. The number of wine importers has decreased about 40% since 2012. Although the number importers has decreased, the quantity of wine sold in Okinawa has been increasing every year since 2009. The total quantity of wine sold
If you are living in a steady relationship, you could find yourself setting a very critical eye on your partner, and also evaluating your own true feelings. Seeking solitary escape from your everyday life seems to be the idea. Physical activity would be the right medicine in this situation, so get out of the house and take a nice walk.
As planet Venus is slowly moving into your zodiac that could mean more active love life, but that can also mean more drama and tension, and that could put stress on your relationship. For the first few days of December you could have difficulty in knowing what is real and what is not before clarity sets in.
in fiscal 2009 was 223 kiloliters, which shot up to 3,149 kiloliters in fiscal 2014. According to the family income and expenditure survey by the Government Statistic Bureau, the annual expenditure for wine of one household in Naha City in 2015 was ¥2,550 that is more than double the ¥1,059 in 2007. According to Okinawa Customs, most of wine sold in Okinawa comes through mainland Japan, and is not imported directly from overseas. Among the directly imported wines, Chile is the largest supplier with 91 kiloliters, Italy the second largest with 52 kiloliters, and France the third with 16 kiloliters.
Okinawans near bottom among online shoppers
According to a Japan Direct Marketing Association survey on the online shopping in Japan, the average annual amount a resident of Okinawa spends shopping online is ¥71,875 that puts the prefecture on the 45th place among all the 47 prefectures of Japan. That is over ¥40,000 less than people in Tokyo. Also, among people who ever have sent a gift to someone using an online shopping site, Okinawa residents are in the 47th place. People living in Tokyo spend the most at online shopping – ¥114,025 per year. The second is Chiba with ¥109,750, and residents in Miyagi Prefecture spend the third most at Y107,188 yen. Ishikawa Prefecture is at the bottom with ¥70,488. Mie Prefecture has the largest number of people who have ever sent a gift from online shopping site, where 52.5% of residents have done so. The second largest one is Tochigi, followed by Nara and Hyogo. In Okinawa, 36.5% of the residents have used the service. On the other hand, 44.5% of people in Okinawa use smart phones when ordering goods online that is the largest rate in Japan, and at the same time, Okinawa has the lowest rate or people who use a computer when ordering online. According to Shinichi Yano, a researcher at the associa-
Many Geminis are taking bold steps in their life at this time, and indeed, there could be quite a few possibilities ahead as the year works its way to the end. And when a new opportunity arises, make sure that you take a good handle on it immediately. Delays and changes in your plans are also in the stars, so be ready.
Although you may desire the activity of past few weeks, a bit slower pace at this time is also an opportunity to relax and reflect. Once you have figured out what your plans for the near future are, you can charge ahead with everything you've got. New ideas and challenges would be very welcome, but you have to take them head on.
tion, "The price competition and rebate system by the cell phone companies may induce people to increase the use of cell phones for shopping." The survey was conducted on the Internet in the beginning of September, among people who had used online shopping services within the last one year. Answers from 200 people in each prefecture, and 300 people from most populated prefectures, about 10,000 in total were used for calculating the survey results.
Tour company to drill for hot spring on Taketomi
Taketomi Kuroshio Kankou, a local tour company on Taketomi Island is planning to start next February to drill for a hot spring on Taketomi. According to company sources, a geological survey in July 2015 confirmed there is an active fault under the island that has a 80 to 90-percent possibility of producing hot spring wells. Company officials are planning to schedule a meeting for next January to explain the plan to local residents. The plan calls for preparing a detailed facility plan by next spring and commencing the operation in January 2018. Once open, it would be the first hot spring on Taketomi and the southernmost in Japan.
Elderly driver crashes into convenience store in Naha
A 78-year-old driver lost control of his car and crashed into a convenient store front in Matsuo, Naha, Thursday morning. According to Naha Police, the driver started his car that had been parked on the street across the road, when the car suddenly jumped onto the sidewalk and crashed into the convenience storefront. The crash broke the store's front window, but no one, including the driver, was injured. Traffic accidents by elderly drivers have lately been drawing increasing attention nationally. Naha Police calls for atten-
tion to the problem, and urges elderly people who are no more sure about their driving skills to quit and start using public means of transportations. "People who feel uneasy when driving should think about returning the license for everyone's good," a Naha Police spokesman says.
Regular Aguni flights to resume from next fall
The Ministry of Land and Infrastructure announced Tuesday that regular lights between Aguni Island and Naha would resume from fall 2017. The flights have been suspended since an accident at Aguni Airport runway occurred more than a year ago. First Flying Co., Ltd., the company that operated the route before is appointed to operate the resuming flights. According to First Flying and other knowledgeable sources, First Flying already started classroom training for pilots on Nov. 10 as required by the ministry. The flight training is scheduled to start at the end of February 2017, and the exams for pilots and copilots are expected to be completed by autumn 2017.
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The next two or three weeks mark a wonderful and romantic period for you, not to mention a busy social life with many year-end parties and such. And if some disagreement arises in your relationship, that would be best to nip right in the bud before your otherwise pleasant life would get greatly disturbed.
You could find yourself burdened with too many responsibilities and things you think you must do. Remember that too much is too much. Being so busy does not leave much time for romance, and that' s not good to your relationship. Luckily there are many good friends around who can help you to get through your workload.
You seem to have trouble in reaching your goals, and that leads to frustration and even anger. You just have to accept that some delays are inevitable, and there is very little you can do about it. Luckily one of your traits is perseverance. As long as you don' t give up and keep your eye right on the target, you'll be OK. You have had your party and enjoyed it, but now is the time to slow down, and to say the truth constant parties and busy social calendar are getting old. Luckily, some Aquariuses know how to relax even if no vacation is in sight, and some good news or a little present from a friend next week are sure to brighten you up.
Your self-confidence is at its peak and that reflects in your success at work. Although there could be some obstacles ahead, you will have no problem overcoming them. Once you get over it your effectiveness becomes evident to everyone. But be careful, as there is someone who is not quite honest with you an could mean trouble. It has been hectic and more of the same is in the future. Demands at your work and from your lover are going to grow sky high. An ambitious project is in the works, and that does not make your life any easier. Luckily there' s some romance in the air, too, and that would bring you some welcome relief when you need it most.
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Garaman Hall features music of northern Europe music on a CD called "Sidrabs." In the same year, she perfumed as the Latvian guest at the WOMEX (World Music EXPO) event. The performance earned her a nomination for the Latvian Music and Latvian Annual Theatre Awards. The concert takes place at the Garaman Hall at Ginoza Culture Center. Doors to the venue open at 18:30 and the concert starts at 19:30
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III MEF Band presents Annual Christmas Concert
By Cpl Matthew Kitzen-Abelson
Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson from Hedmark, Norway, will sing Lapland folk songs called 'yoiku' at Garaman Hall on Friday.
wo young ladies from Northern Europe are performing winter songs at a Chritmas Concert at Ginoza Culture Center Garaman Hall tomorrow, Dec. 2. Young yoiku singer Marja Helena Fjellheim Mortensson was born in the Hedmark County in Norway, in 1995. Her family herded reindeers to make a living, so most of her songs tell about the life with reindeers. She also dedicates her songs to saving the Southern Sami language. In 2013, she earned the Culture Award of Hedmark, and a year after, she found herself performing as the "Young Artist of
Admission is ¥2,500yen in advance and ¥3,000yen in door. Children up to student age get in for free but need a numbered reservation ticket. Preschool and younger children are not allowed to enter. Advance tickets are available at Garaman Hall website (Japanese) http://garaman .jp/sf/events/form.php?num=18 2, by calling 098-983-2613 (24
the Year" at the Riddu Riddu Festival, an annual festival in Norway dedicated to preserving the Sami culture and language. She also performed at festivals in Taiwan, Siberia, and the Republic of Congo that year. The second guest at the Christmas concert is Laima Jansone from Latvia, who is a good a master at playing Latvian traditional instrument called Kokle. Kokle is string instrument similar to Kantele in Finland and koto in Japan. After she graduated the Latvian Music Academy, she learned playing kantele in Finland. In 2011, she released her
alm trees, Mai-Tais and mojitos on white sandy beaches, and 75-degree weather -all in mid-December. The allure of Okinawa during the cooler seasons is tantalizing, but when the Christmastime rolls around, most of us dream of snow, hot chocolate, and cozying up to a crackling fire with our loved ones. Although the strange weather and the reality of living on a subtropical remote island halfway around the world may leave a void as the holidays approach, music can offer the comforts of Christmas at home. Join the III MEF Band from Dec. 7th to 10th at Foster Theater for the Annual Christmas Concert Series, and be whisked away to the timeless, mystical realm of Christmas. Under the direction of CWO2 Andres Navarro and GySgt Michael Stanley, the Band will perform traditional favorites, such as "Carol of the Bells," themes from "The Nutcracker," and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,'' in a presentation reminiscent of variety shows from the days of Dick Clark and Ed
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China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It is a great location. Besides dipping in the ocean or lying on the beach, those who enjoy water sports can go diving or kayaking about 10-15 minutes away. A short walk away there is a concentration of restaurants and shops where visitors can eat delicious food and go sightseeing and shopping. Those who happen to be on Okinawa for a wedding can take memorable wedding pictures at nearby Araha Beach. Another must see place on Okinawa is the Churaumi Aquarium, the second largest in the world, that presents a comprehensive view of life under the ocean surface. As rays, schools of fish and sharks glide by a visitor easily becomes spellbound by their grace and speed. I return to the aquarium every few years, and the view never ceases to amaze me. It's a wonderful place to bring your partner, friends or family. Purchasing an
annual pass will enable you to return whenever you want to enthrall a friend or just escape the world for a moment. If you go, visit after 16:00 and you will receive a discount ticket and still have enough time to experience the entire aquarium. Okinawa is such a small island, and to those who you live here, it often feels as if there isn't much to do. But for tourists, it's such a unique place to explore. Okinawa sits in a conveniently close traveling distance from many countries in Asia, is an integral part of Japan and yet offers an experience that comes with its' unique mix of cultures. It is most likely that the tourists are the ones who discover new places and adventures on our island. So, if you are looking for something fresh to explore, follow the tourists. You never know what new adventure lies just around the corner on this island of Okinawa.
A Group of Chinese tourists taking selfies at a sightseeing spot is a common sight. By David Higgins
ecently, I visited the Rycom Mall and immediately noticed how many foreign tourists there were meandering through the shops. Rycom Mall is by far, the largest mall on the island, but I have never considered it to have any outstanding character or to be particularly enticing. This leaves me to wonder why so many tourists have chosen to congregate at this particular mall when there must be a variety of other places for them to visit on the island. Ever since Rycom Mall opened, the mall has been packed with locals, Americans, and tourists from every corner of the earth. I regularly notice the fleet of tour buses parked by the main entrance. On most of the buses, the names of the tour
groups are written in Chinese. I recently asked one of the drivers why he brought a group of tourists to this mall, and he responded that it was because it was included in their tour plan. The group was picked up at the airport, traveled to Shuri Castle and explored around Kokusai Street area, and then made a stop at the Rycom Mall for shopping on their way to a resort hotel up in Nago. This would also explain why there is such a vast selection of souvenirs in the mall. If you are in need of souvenirs to send to your friends and family back home, this is the place. American Village seems to be another hot spot. A few years back, there were more Americans than any other foreigners, but now there seems to be a lot more tourists from Asian countries such as
AEON Rycom Mall has become one of the most popular destinations among tourists.
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Pizzeria da ENZO combines Italy with authentic Okinawa Christmas treat, a sweet bun containing dry fruits and almonds. ENZO is the only place on Okinawa that serves it. A reservation two days ahead is required for take-out orders. Mentioning this article in Japan Update gets you a free soft drink with your order. Pizzeria da ENZO is located at 715, Maeda, Onna Village, Okinawa. Their telephone number is 098-9235924. Prices mentioned above do not include tax. For payments, all major credit cards and cash in yen are accepted.
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Interior of Pizzeria da ENZO is very stylish. Pets are allowed on the outdoor terrace.
izzeria da ENZO on a hill near Cape Maeda and the Blue Cave, a famous destination for divers on Okinawa, serves authentic Naples Pizza and Italian-style cuisine with matching wines. To compliment the food is the restaurant's location that offers a view so awesome that very few places on Okinawa come even close. The restaurant has a large outside terrace that offers the best ocean view over a natural beach surrounded by sugar cane fields in front of the restaurant. Customers are also allowed to bring their pets on the terrace to enjoy a lunch or dinner together. ENZO's policy is to use locally grown ingredients in their foods as much as possible, such as Okinawan pork, fresh vegetables from local farmers, fish and octopus. The heart of the restaurant is a large wood-fired pizza oven that dominates the kitchen area where the cooks work in full view of the patrons. Every pizza served in the restaurant is baked at high temperature
in this oven. Flour for the pizza dough is imported from Italy. Store manager Noriyuki Mogi guarantees his "Pizza fresh out of the oven is awesome." Besides individual items on the menu, ENZO has party plans starting from ¥3,900 per person. Reservations for party plans have to be made two days in advance. The plan includes pizza, appetizers and pasta plus gelato for dessert. Adding two hours of unlimited draft beer, red and white wine, awamori and soft drinks to the plan brings the price to ¥4,500 per person total. There is also a take-out menu for those who'd like to have a pizza party at home. As the Christmas is around corner, the take out menu could offer an easy option for home cooking. Of course, it's always a favorite for birthday and family parties. Options include ¥1,500 chicken for 3 to 4 people. Pizzas cost from ¥1,200 up. Party Box for 2 to 3 persons consists of eight kinds of food including garlic chicken and roasted pork, and costs ¥3,800. Panettone is a traditional Italian
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Custard Daifuku Mochi - custard rice cake (filling)
by Naoko Ogura-Gayler So we are going to make custard daifuku mochi! But as it is quite a lot to do, I need to separate the recipe into two. In the first week, we can make the filling then I will introduce how to make mochi in the second part. Don't forget to check out the second part. My recipe is in Japan Update every other week!
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Filling Custard
• 1 egg • 2 tbs sugar • 1 1/2 tbs flour • 100 cc milk • A bit of vanilla essence or vanilla beans
1. Mix well all the ingredients except milk in a saucepan with a whisk. Add the milk and continue mixing until smooth. 2. Cook the mix on a low heat. Stir the entire time while you cook the custard. 3. The custard is easier to use to make daifuku mochi if you cool it down in the fridge.
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Hapinaha on Kokusai Street lights up its Year End Illuminations this Saturday.
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Sorry for the mangeled ear in the pic!
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saw this guy every day on the boardwalk- (not my vid)- this is slow mo man.
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I get it. I'm going through withdrawal. Three times today I walked into and back out of the kitchen. I drank some water. I drank some tea. I drank some Kombucha.
Oh and I ate some trail mix that had cranberries with sugar DAMMIT! So tomorrow I'm setting the timer back to day 1. But, I am feeling a wholelottamobetta.
Sunday without a scone. Woooo-hooo!
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i couldn't officially start on my 100 days until i completely finished the tub of blue bell cookies & cream so i'm on day 2!ReplyDelete
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Please clarify.... are you referring to a cranberry with added sugar? Or a cranberry with its own naturally occurring sugar?
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Most dried cranberries have added sugar 'cause otherwise it will suck your face inside out it's so sour. The best case scenario is a 'fruit sweetened' cranberry which means grapejuice got involved...
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Just like you can take a pin
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Preserve it under glass
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And easily digestible

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Of rebellious youths
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The suggested recollection
Of the existence of poison
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Of a woman's breast
A coiled tail
Above a beating heart

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I simply have no words
That equal the weight on my chest
This pressure against my form
And a shifting against myself
And frankly I am adverse
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I spill out over
The island of my bed
Which in turn unravels
In sheets and blankets
Cascading onto the floor
A thing which in turn
Is currently represented
By murky pools of black void
The conceit of carpet
Existing only but for
Object permanence
A memory
Of feeling and stability
Beneath my feet
The black out curtains
Consume the rest
Drink up all but a sliver
That bathes my world in blue
Not enough to see by
But enough to be reminded
Of the abyssShannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-77364946770267857262017-09-14T19:42:00.003-07:002017-09-14T19:42:42.930-07:00Reflections
Standing in a bathroom

The muted notes of horns

Slips through the plywood

Unnoticed

Had I not noticed it anyway

Instead of a mirror

There is a painting of a snake

A stylized cobra

Dreaming of skateboards

And motorcycle jackets

So instead I stare at this

Pink Himalayan Salt Stone

That could

In some sense

Provide for a bit of reflection

Just not the kind I need

But mostly

It doesn't really work at all

Nothing here

Is really what was intended

It's not really

What anyone wants

In the corner

There next to the door

I see ants

Swarming over something

That I can't quite make out

When I get closer

I see the corn kernel body

Of a dying beetle

Collapsed in a divot in the concrete floor

Shifting one of its remaining legs

Unable to get out

And I want to do something
But I can't seem to move
So instead with one arm

I find the door
Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-277448778581109352017-09-14T17:00:00.000-07:002017-09-14T20:36:43.296-07:00Pinnings
They fall for me when I am up

When I am a whirling rapturous thing

A dream they can cling to upon waking

A whispered sense in their depths that suggests

Magic is a thing

That could actually exist

An implied but unspoken promise

Dripping with what might be

Seductive candy coated insinuations

Of things to come

They yearn for something

That can't be pinned down

Or neatly stored in small keepsake boxes

A life outside of the chaste treasured totems

In scrapbooks and photo albums

They want to be brought to flame

For something that inverts their insides

And redeems them

Of their acceptance

Absolves them of settling

And of their resignation

Under the weight of could have beens

But a map is not a doorway

And I am not Atlas

So there will be times

When the world is to much to bear

And I won't have enough light

To ignite the stars

So when reality crashes in

In it's inevitable rising tide

Carrying routine and disappointment

Rhythm and rote

Then even the afterimage will fade

And in the end they leave me

when I am down
Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-66728290784106898212017-01-07T15:38:00.002-08:002017-09-22T11:24:57.619-07:00Shatter ★★★★
Sometimes the sky is meteoric

Black sheen glossy obsidian dark

And I can see the hands reach down

From trembling inverted mountain peaks

As the framework rafters bow and scream

I see the silver fish

In the sidewalk gutter gardens

As they move the moon carves up their backs

Making empty nests for writhing birds

That speak warnings in whispers

Of winter upon us

The dark is coming to lay down

Like a lover at my feet to rest on my body

To pull me under and eat my thoughts

Until I am empty and hollow and freezing

Until my head is just a radio

Filled in between with the cries

Of the sun and the weaving of the waves

Of the great invisible rivers

That run through my fingertips

And point at the north star

Everything is slipping downward

Some intimate black box hold

Like barbecue lenses and train turntables

Catatonia speaking cotton

Bach and the invisible harmonica dreaming

Quilt weighted beaches

Remembering wet sheets and drowning

And then you say something
And the world sets back in

Everything clear
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-74598804174867878422017-01-07T15:37:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:24:12.329-07:00Obliviate ★★★
I was going to write a poem

In beautiful words I'd express

The way your ghost had returned

The black weight, the cherished pit

But you aren't worth

Being caressed by silk soft words

To wrap around you in gossamer glory

Instead I want words

That splinter and rot inside you

Your existence has become a blight

On my precious memories of you

And it would be distressingly easy

To wrap you in shimmering anamnesis

To see you through a lens turned back

So maybe once you might have been

My summer

My poetry

But now you're just an asshole
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-61641925653894918952017-01-07T15:35:00.004-08:002017-09-22T11:23:55.095-07:00As Intended ★★★★
I wrote a poem on this page

I had addressed it to you

But I erased it

Line by line

The only part I kept was the end

It read

We play this game

Where we never ask questions

And never get answers

Which was really everything

That I had wanted to say

And I suppose you could ask

Exactly what I meant

But you see
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-13945068725936491722017-01-07T15:35:00.001-08:002017-09-22T11:23:46.106-07:00Miss Connected ★★★★
When our bodies were divided

It was discovered

that we were full of emptiness

That there were great gaps inside us

Each of us a vacant night sky

Pinned with particle stars

The only reason I feel

Your skin under my fingertips

Is because every atom of my being

Yearns to push you away

Some suggest that

Under certain impossible circumstances

We might become unphased

And slip into each other

Our bodies converging

Into some inextricable complication

Perhaps in some other parallel place

Some ghost of a dream

The strings tied around our fingers

Would have wound a different way

And my hand would have found

The empty spaces in yours

Maybe this is how things happened

To someone much like me

And a person I could mistake for you

But as things are

We just brush against each other

Feel the flaring insistent sparks of a current

That composes the very things that we are

And walk away
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-47812560837919651362017-01-07T15:34:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:23:01.151-07:00Let's Run Away Together ★★★★
Let's run away together

I've grown tired of waking up in these sheets

That smell like the past

Of obligation and complication

Lets slip away under a shroud of night

With only the light from your eyes to guide the way

We'll walk barefoot on dew coated grass

Through hidden mountain passages that take us

To a home that only exists

Bound between thin cardboard leafs

Lets get married

We'll find some small town chapel

Full of well-meaning old hideaways

Who we will beguile with decadent lies

Like fine chocolates and silk from our smiles

We'll set up camp like stalwart explorers

Eat fast food and jars of peaches

We can make blanket forts of the pews

We'll drape honeysuckle from the pulpit

And bells from the windows

We'll open the doors to the moths and fireflies

And anyone else who will come

If they ask what it is

What we're all on about now

We'll tell them it's their high school reunion

A bowling league

The Armistice Day Singers

And we'll smile and say "come in"

You'll wear a key from your neck

And a band of Russian amber

And I'll wear a dress

Lined with baby's breath and butterfly wings

Instead of sharing champagne

We'll put on matching crowns

And raise our hands to the sun triumphant

Conquerors of everything we could be

And owners of everything we couldn't

And as the cold night air settles in

We'll play music on my ipod

With not a single song about love

We'll find a best man and make him toast to the absurd

And the pointlessness of life and loving anything

And everyone will be confused

And nothing will make sense

To anyone at all

Except for you

to me

And me

to you
Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-52195378119041246492017-01-07T15:31:00.001-08:002017-09-22T11:22:43.631-07:00Untitled ★★★★
I love to watch the way his body moves

I like to see the plates of bone within his back

Flex into a seamless crease above his spine

The shifting of the cords that bind his shape

I like the branches that rest under his neck

From which he hangs the bell that holds his heart

When it rings I feel it in my breath

Because I see it in his eyes

Fluttering like the wings of moths

Shimmers of iridescence and the memory of midnight

It threads through me in a tightening embroidery

I could feast eternal on that moment

My eyes devouring his

Without his knowing he has become

the dagger in my breast that severs me

I watch his hands as they shift and tense

The line of his neck, that place I could bury myself

I watch, waiting for him to break

Give himself away in a glance or a smile

Some unguarded elusive ruptured suture

And he'd shuck his skin like coils of birch bark

Let himself unbind unravel and peel off in layers to rest at my feet

So bare that I can see inside him

Presenting a core of being to which I could press myself

Like a flower among his pages

A moment where he is nothing but what he is

And I would know it like I know the coursing of my blood

The singing of the spheres

A truth unintentionally and so softly given

Piercing and momentous and tiny and frail

Painted on his body in the way the surf engulfs the shore
Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-20992465730122781892017-01-07T15:24:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:22:05.265-07:00Broach ★★★★
The world feels like a day dream

The lights and colors are cutout cardboard

On matte black backing

The city swallows the stars

And my mind diffuses my memory of them

The images I conjure falter

In disconnected static

Just like how I can't remember

The look on your face

I only recall how it made me feel

The pressure in my throat

Inside me your eyes are a blank void

A curtain to hang the stars

Your hands are fragmented pieces

Like exploding shrapnel

Nothing holds me

Nothing keeps its shape

Nothing is certain

Other than the feeling of my breath over my lips

The rise and fall of my chest

I can hear the shuddering sound of it

And I want to fill it with your name

But I know it would just slip away

A dying dislocated notion

Dissipating like fog or a dream upon waking

And I need some small thing to still feel real

I need some way to keep you here
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-57833790683735747132016-09-25T15:21:00.000-07:002017-09-22T11:20:18.629-07:00Parallel Parts ★★★
If you were on my mind

What words would give me away?

What would slip out of my hands

Trickling secrets from my throat

Filling in the cracks between the letters

Like caulk and analogy

If I spoke of firm hands

Gripping fabric like flesh

Would you picture your own?

If I mentioned a line of eyelashes

Painted in sumi-e brushstrokes

Would your own flicker in response?

Is there a fragmented thing being born

In the spaces between us

Filling in holes and improving conduction

Or do I fly under your radar

My words only ever saying what I mean?
Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-87237176191642289442016-09-24T15:56:00.000-07:002017-09-22T11:19:31.258-07:00Turned ★★★There is something thick like oil

coating the inside of my skin
It dips into and drinks of my mind
When I stare at you I feel it writhe
Like a caustic animal
A breathless parasite
Quivering and reciting the words you said last night
Or the words you said three months ago
Or whatever will make me ache
It weighs my arms down when I would reach to you
Numbs my mouth when I would speak to you
Makes me placid and hollow
It drips into my thoughts like a sinus infection
A building bitterness like opiates and dark chocolate
My land of milk and honey has laid in the sun
For these unwinding summer years
And while the honey might be sweet
The milk has gone rancid
I feel it thickening inside me
I want to walk to the river and rinse myself clean
Let the water wash away our egos
Become clean and simple and uncomplicated
I want you to give yourself to me
your crown laid into the crook of my neck
All warm lips and soft skin
To push into my small places
Naked and pure and easy
But your distance is one I can't travel
An insurmountable gap
And I feel so heavy under all our yesterdays
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-65673768591284543612016-09-21T20:15:00.002-07:002017-09-22T11:18:43.398-07:00A Poem About You ★★★★I think about you a lot,
when the hours grow long and I find myself alone
in the bleeding hours of morning,
driving myself home
So I speak into this box
and press my words like flowers into the aether,
the first step on a strange path
that ends with this thing that you are
Hollow-bodied,
an echo diffused by fog
that returns my words in muffled murmurs
and makes them sound foreign to my ears
You are the pit I want to climb to the edge of
and throw my words into
You are a great wall of black glass obsidian,
an endless expanse of surface,
covered in crags and narrows
that catch the light that shines in my eyes
and throws it back in a flurry of pinprick points
that dance across its rough forms
like the night sky tearing asunder
Sometimes you are just the sky torn asunder
You are the sound,
the chasm
the empty vessel
I pour myself like liquid into you
I can't stop thinking about you
Inescapable and immutable
Empty and nothing and all encompassing
A blank board to pin my greatest hopes and expectations
A feeding machine of needles and tubes that drain me
You the blank white page I am spilling my blood like thoughts on
You stand as a mirror
reflecting the image of a father
who I'll never see again
You wear the face of a man from a dream
who slid his fingers across my face and told me
everything is going to be alright
A mirror of me
And also everything else
But trust me,
holding this conversation inside my head,
I'm talking to you and nobody else
And how does that make you feel?
Does it get under your skin like it gets under mine?
Does it scratch into the surface
as if I were writing calligraphy upside down into your insides?
Could I sew you up with ink in words?
Could we manifest some greater connection between us,
crafted by the exchange of concepts and ideas,
a suture to pierce through
some greater barrier of misunderstanding?
If not now then perhaps another time
Another night
There can always be other attempts
To pull worth from tangled tongues
and mangled weavings
For you to listen to
I just really need you to hear meShannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-43693288980154985522016-09-21T20:14:00.000-07:002017-09-22T11:16:19.852-07:00Winded ★★★★All night long I've been listening to the sound
of branches falling onto the roof of your house,
and when I go outside
I can feel the wind blowing hard and hot,
pulling at the threads of my hair
like your fingertips sliding over my cheek bones.

The streets are littered with twigs and leaves,
as if everyone had all at once forgotten to wake up,
as if no one had walked these streets in years;
and driving out into a still midnight
there is nothing yet that might tell me otherwise.

The only signs of life are the rhythmic rituals
of the changing traffic lights
and the steady glow of laundromats and convenience stores
mirrored in the inky wet asphalt
their beacons cast downwards
looking so much like towers floating in an endless black.

So I drift along in this lucid dream
waiting for the pinprick that brings me back into reality,
that pops this bubble and brings it down
in soft showers around my shoulders,
like the last remnants of storms
falling down on bare skin,
like feeling the brush of lips
calling me back.

But please
let me sit here awhile longer.

Because in sleep we all are dreaming
and awake I am alone.Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-70189788039466827522016-09-21T20:12:00.002-07:002017-09-22T11:15:40.776-07:00Heavier than Breath ★★★★I have words in my head
that I don't really have words for
a yearning for expression that only manifests
as a shrug and a sigh from my native tongue
I feel like I'm not from these parts
like you haven't seen me here before
there builds an empty midnight listless
seeping up through soft earth or toes or floorboards
an estranged tickling sadness
not the kind of fevered heartache that buries you
that swallows you in its engulfing mouth
in a maw lined with teeth made of spun agony
frothing in saliva like carnival glass and unpleasant memories
it's not the kind of feeling that grips your heart
with hands like a vice
squeezing you until you feel like you've lost
every ounce of breath in your desperate lungs
no it's the feeling of wading out into warm choppy waters
feeling the pull of the surf gnaw at your feet
summoning you forward
it's walking out into that deepness
until you can no longer see the shore
and knowing that you are completely alone
it's wading out into a sea
of cocktails and faces and tiny white plates
and being surrounded by blackness
it's being surrounded and knowing
I am completely alone
no one will find me here
the rocks and the sand and the silvery white surf
of my metaphorical interior
have become draped in this rolling breathing dark
like velvet and black holes
like the moment you first become aware
of the concept of death
I wear the shroud and the shawl of this feeling
but there is no fear
for there are no great serpents here to bite at my heels
no traps to catch me and bind my thrashing form
there is only nothing to drag me into that deep abyss
in fact it would be so easy to drift
so comfortable to sink
to slip my body into a sheathe of satin and feather and pillows
to dissolve my limbs and absolve my presence
to float and to wait and drink down the promise of inevitability
until I found some semblance of solid ground
or perhaps instead make some nest in the mangroves
exchange heavy arms for something more fluid
and learn to breathe an air so thick and heavy
and with so much weight
yet my thoughts already have so much weight
slipping from my grasping tongue like pebbles and anchors and sand
the water seeps in and washes away my words
lapping away at the things that tie me hereShannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-28486823159598558632016-09-21T20:10:00.001-07:002017-09-22T11:12:32.519-07:00Untitled ★★★I want to drive a spile into your heart
Force you open to me
Press my lips to the metal
And drink down your love
I want to crack open your chest
Fan you out like inverted wings
I want to press my face
Into the soft flesh
Feel the warm wetness inside of you
I want to open my mouth to your wounds
And suck on your sore bones
I want your soul
To run down my throat
Thick and visceral
I am consumed by this hungry yearning
I want to feed on everything you are
I want you
Just let meShannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-89544634915814695402016-03-18T10:57:00.000-07:002017-10-28T10:59:53.995-07:00The First Gentleman ★★★★
Of the four gentlemen

I was introduced first to bamboo

Watched the length of it rise from his motions

His hands thick around the handle

As the white drank in the blackness

Later he brought me to a garden

Some place I've lost to memory

And showed me the small copse

That some unknown hands had kept

He brought home some fallen stalks

And with me made a walking cane

I marveled that a thing so thin

Could so easily hold me

Those narrow poles

With their thin green leaves like sparrow wings

Are to certain people in places I've never been

A symbol of summer

Of willpower tempered with flexibility

A symbol of virility and life

And I try to remember him as strong

As powerful and kind

Not as the sadness and the sense of being lost

That worried down his hill like shoulders

And has come to slip into my own life

Like echoes written in blood and kin

And not as it was in the end

As so much weight slipping through me

Without a way for me to hold it back

Without a way to bear the weight

With only old drawings

And hollow sticks
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-90062465250810594062016-02-19T18:10:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:11:30.159-07:00Weighted ★★★★There is a method used
To keep curtains
Prim and straight
To keep them from billowing in the wind
The owner takes weights
Metal plates or stones
And sews them into the hem
So that the bottom is pulled down
Succumbing to the irrefutable claim
Made by gravity

I have of late
Found around me this feeling
Like I am wearing a cloak
That wraps around my form
Falling from my shoulders
In soft waterfalls of fabric
But it's not a comforting thing

It yearns for the ground
With the weight of the stones
That are threaded into its seams
I am full of gnawing thoughts
They condense like drops of water
Like frost in winter
Forming tiny knots
That grow and build and compound themselves
Until they drag at me
Sinking me to the earth

Yet as much as I feel the urge
To let my body collapse beneath them
They also make it impossible
To sit still
They dig into my sides
So that I shift in my seat
Stir in my sleep

And now the whole world it seems
Has become so heavy
As if the very air
Has become a heavy curtain
A weighted sheet
That brings me downShannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-27692269122052589022016-02-19T17:15:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:10:19.043-07:00Untitled ★★★The minute hand and I
We have a lot in common
Both sitting still and motionless
In a box we cannot escape
Bound by wires
Under the scrutiny of others
I feel I am sinking
Sliding
Into endless loops
Binding myself
With ever-tightening coils
Of vacant mediocrityShannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-73285030602491960042016-02-17T19:16:00.001-08:002017-09-22T11:08:48.196-07:00Worry Stone ★★★★You aren't an idiot

You make it so easy
to slip the locks from my tongue
Open the latched doors
And touch sunlight
to the dusty rooms behind my courtyards

But if I pour out my thoughts
Like rice or water or shiny river stones
You'll catch too much
You'll put it together
Like patchwork and jigsaws
Weave your threads with slender fingers
A skein of curious contemplation

There are scars on mine
My fingers, my hands
My thoughts

Would you notice?

Would you care?

I fear you'll hear the words
I'm not speaking
The words that wear me
That I wear like weights
You're too clever by half to not see it

Not by now

Just when did you learn me so well?

But you're comfortable like an old blanket
And I want to let it all come unraveled
I'm tired of walls and hidden things
I want your words
Your words as a knife
for your fingers to wield

And sometimes I think
it might be ok
For you to carve out a place for yourself
In the hollows
And sew yourself in

But no
I ache more for comfort
Than release

So instead I sew myself shut
And I worry the words
That I want you to find
And pray that you don'tShannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-91784712671321713452016-02-02T18:18:00.000-08:002017-09-22T11:08:01.426-07:00Recoil ★★Sleep is an uneasy thing
He dreams in muted colors
When he sleeps at all
A world unwinding in garbled images
Dripping from his stems
Flooding his roots
Feelings adrift between the taste
Of liquor
Of kisses
Of blood
Like copper coils and wishing pennies
His veins digging into the earth
Draining into the soil
He winds himself
As he twists in the sheets
Wrapping himself in his cords
Tearing himself apartShannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-73823910765532217472016-01-02T02:15:00.002-08:002016-02-02T18:11:24.848-08:00Anechoic Chamber ★★★
There is a room
With walls so white
That it is hard to see
Where they meet the floor
Instead diffusing

Into indistinguishable infinite

I meet the floor
My legs like pillars
Affixed to a point in space

And if I let my focus drift

Let the light fuzz

On the back of my lenses

I could imagine myself floating in void

The walls are made of math and foam
And hard molded plastic
They drink up noise
In the same way

That they refuse the light

Absolutely

This is a place that takes away heartbeats
And breathing
Denies the closed loop

That is evidence of our existence

And reduces it to the tiniest

Ephemeral

Non-event

I feel my chords flex
Note the resonance of bones
But there is nothing ascending
To alight on eager nerves

They are instead left

Afire with a need

To know relations

To claim a position in fixed space

Wanting reassurance

The walls abscond with all
Leaving not even
The slightest sussuration

To bend and distort

To carry itself from this place

To change
Instead words melt

Like spun sugar on my lips
Unable to enact metamorphosis

A nihilistic mummery

Nothing returns

And returns to nothing

This labyrinth of sound

Swallows all

My thoughts leave me

Like seeds lost to the ocean

Aimless
Never finding purchase
Fading into a whiteness

That is unrelenting

Unaltered and unchanged

By my actions

I am in a white room
Shannon Buchananhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-42718523170754977562015-02-24T20:23:00.001-08:002017-10-30T19:41:42.147-07:00Swallow ★★★★We live in an empire without sun.
My life is bathed in sodium lights.
Moments are stolen from the inky blackness
as if I were harvesting the dark.
I yearn for the smile that splits open your face
and pours the lights from your lips.
I used to take flight
Upon the space within that slight crease.
As if the world existed
between the tip of your tongue
and the white of your teeth.
Perhaps you swallowed me up
when you drank the world down.
Perhaps if you opened your heavy lids
Your eyes might spill into the sky.
So that your pupils became woven with clouds.
And then I might look up from within this hold
and see the sun.
For now I'll travel the high gloss nights
while winding the key of my memories.
Savoring each tiny flash that falls from you
to remind me of days spent
pouring life into each other
and nights filled with a careless dark
adorned by stars. Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1236611924106265331.post-4699153987832729692014-11-24T04:52:00.000-08:002017-03-30T13:07:27.408-07:00Avinder of the Companions (Short Fiction, Fantasy)
Avinder would have died, blood spilling into the snow alongside those of his brethren, slain by bandits on a nameless mountain pass, had it not been for the Companions. They seemed to arise from the flurry and mist like legends summoned and bound, made flesh by will and pain. The bandits were dispatched, the slush turning muddied and pink with their offal, the fires in their eyes gone dim. Avinder, whole but shaken, wrapped in scant furs and without purpose, watched them turn to walk away, paying him no more mind than the corpses he knelt among. He might have stayed and might have died had not one glance unlocked his knees and lifted his body. Without words he followed the Companions into the coming dark.

The travel was hard and Avinder was most unsuited for it. His stiff legs burnt, shards of fire dug into his flesh. But still he carried onward, following in their paces. It was true he had nowhere to go, but he could have broken away, made good time a man alone, moving down the mountain side. But who was he to complain of agony and pain, walking next to Gwyndal Skullsplittter, whom it was known had carried the barrow ill Aliis Maidenheart in his arms across the Edern Frost, not even stopping to sleep? Who brought her to the root of the Orn Glen? So he followed, and spoke nothing.

The first fight almost killed him. He had wanted to run, to hide in the brush and send his missives to the Earth Mother deep, but how could he be so craven standing next to Yorglyff Giantsblood, the mountain of a man with the heart of untempered iron, unbreakable? Yorglyff sent his hammer into the soft bodies of the slavers, and Avinder spied a man trying to send a blade into his ribs. Avinder, a stolen sword in hand, diverted the blow but nearly lost his eye. Al'Asharad, the moor, finished what Avinder could not with his slick curved blades, so foreign in this land of ice and frost, that seemed to sing of far off lands of dune and blazing sun. It was Al'Asharad who tended the wound, speaking in harsh chanting tongue and using strange herbs and incense. But the scar still split Avinder's face, over one eye and down one cheek, and he knew his skill at blades was worthless in this company.

But if Avinder could not aid the Companions, what use was he to them at all, why follow day after day in the tracks of their boots? He remembered the forest hunt of his youth, halfway between dream and waking, trailing the ghost white stag with the blood red velvet and sap red eyes through the Arroelms. He remembered the clean shot piercing it's heart, it's red spilling outward onto it's white. He took a hunting bow, and in the next battle put himself away from the flashing metal and put an arrow into the side of a swordsman. It didn't kill him, but it freed Gwyndal to rebuff the enemy's attack. Avinder, in this, could at least earn his way. He had no other choice, he knew.

And each arrow that sought flesh was born of need. The cost of failure urged his hand, missing could easily kill them all. He wasn't like these people, the Companions; he couldn't speak the magic words like the Twins who wove their spells into complex rhythms no other mage could ever master, unable to ever live so in time with another's footsteps, hands bound tight like maiden's weaving. He could not make great arcing circles with a hammer the size of a man, sowing men like wheat at harvest, crushing waves of men before his thunderous wake. He could not open his dream eye and see into the night's silky void, calling to things existing in places neither here nor there to do his bidding. He couldn't ride an elk down a collapsing mountain while matching blades with wild men, afire with the light of rising sun on steel. But sometimes he could stick an arrow where it was needed, and that had to be enough.

Avinder watched them move like gods around him, never keeping pace, humored like some small pet they had picked up at market. He held vigil as Al'Asharad conversed with the Spirit of Baldurisk, he was able to retrieve Gwyndal's sword in the heat of the Battle of Twains, he was able to eat with them by their fire and hear their stories, carry their secret sorrows. Some nights, amid the frost and stinging wind, he lay between the Twins, wrapped with their sorcerous heat, and was sure he could hear their hearts beating in tandem. Some nights he thought he almost saw the desert Djin that haunted Al'Asharad, the great black cloud with ember eyes and endless maw that kept him from his home and people. He saw things he never thought were possible, and sometimes he put an arrow where it needed to be. And that was enough. The cost of missing was too great, and his hand had to be true. He couldn't fail the Companions. Each battle he imagined the flesh of the men as the soft white fur of the stag, praying to Earth Mother that his aim was true and he'd find their heart. That the red that spilled into the white snow was collecting into the beating core of the Earth Mother, returning to the spirit stag's breast. After each skirmish he fashioned new arrows, thanking the Earth Mother for his life and the lives of those who'd brought him here as he made each arrow true, and knew tomorrow he'd again have to shoot them just as true or spill his own blood to the Arroelms instead of those he hoped to kill.

It was only when he brought down six men in the moment between breaths that they started using the name Avinder Heartpiercer. When he'd had to make that long shot across the gully to keep Ornica the Grey from being brought under they called him Avinder of the True Sight and looked up at him with the faces of children, speaking in whispers of how he had killed a demon to take its eye and use it as his own, how the red fingers of the white gloves he wore were stained with the fresh blood of the men he felled. But he knew the truth of it, that he was an ordinary man of ordinary kin, raised by woodsmen, and only did what he did because of the need, because there hadn't been a choice. He could only hope to not fail them, the Companions, Gwyndal of the blade and Yorglyff the mountain walker, Al'Asharad the dancer, Tiell and Tyr the soul bonded. But Avinder wasn't like them; he was only a man who did what he must.Shannon Buchananhttp://email@example.com


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