I love weddings. Alex and Satoko's Shinto Ceremony.

Some of my favorite experiences from my Japan trip were my visits to and happenings upon a handful of the many Shinto shrines existing in the city and the country side. We were very fortunate to be allowed to take photographs in one, the Setagaya Hachimangu Shrine, during Satoko's and Alex's traditional Shinto wedding ceremony- an opportunity that is extremely rare.

 

I could not get enough of the beautiful torii, shimenawa, and shide... 

 

The last photograph above is of a shrine located near the ryokan in which we stayed in Kaga City. We were informed by a guide that the tree photographed here is over 2,000 years old!

Just a small sampling of some colors and patterns that caught my eye in Japan. I wanted to photograph everything!  

 

(More on my Instagram.)

I just returned from a marvelous and inspiring trip to Japan, to witness my brother and sister in law marry. Here are a few favorite photographs from the trip to get started...

Please Join Us...

Please Join Us this evening at Weltenbuerger Venice for your viewing & listening pleasure. Refreshments will be served.

(Racked Los Angeles thinks you should! ;)

Thank you to Racked, Leslie Price, and to all of the amazing artists who are participating in this project!!

Genevieve D. for ERMIE curates Weltenbuerger

The multi-talented Genevieve Dellinger created a special mix (so good!) for the Weltenbuerger project I helped curate. She'll also be DJing at the opening tomorrow night!

Download her mix here, or here,

and listen to her other mixes via her Tumblr.

Thank-you Genevieve!

Install

We installed the majority of the ERMIE Curates Weltenbuerger pop up yesterday...here are a few more shots of some of the beautiful works that are on display & for sale. 

More, of course, on my Instagram! 

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