Now I'm back in my hometown - where I'd been living for 18 years.
This place makes me full of nostalgia, and I think this is a wonderful sense.

I don't think this town is especially great.
There's little good attraction for sightseeing, it's very hot in here in summer...

Still I love this town. But why?
I think it's just because I spent a long time here(and now I'm living in another town).
Yes that's it.

Walking the streets I used to walk, remembering many things...
Such simple things can let me have a special feeling that I can't explain.

Nostalgia is a sense controlled by time, so we can't get it right now.
We have to spend a long time somewhere and leave there.
Therefore, this sense would be precious, I think.


ふるさとは 遠きにありて 思ふもの

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Now "DiVA Exhibition 2005" is being held at the centennial hall of my college.[link]
(DiVA stands for "Digital, Interactive and Visual Art".)

DiVA2005; the 3rd Art and Science Exposition
The exposition holds the latest art and science works from all of the Japan.

Today I went there and saw great works.
These are some of them.

Garden by Kohei Asano[浅野耕平] and Kosuke Matsuura[松浦康介]

There're a lot of pieces of paper in the "garden",
and an image of soil is projected by a projector on the ceiling.
When we throw up pieces of paper over the garden,
a camera on the ceiling recognizes them and a flash animation is projected.
木枠で囲まれた「庭」には和紙で作られた紙吹雪があり、
天井のプロジェクターから土の映像が投影されます。
紙吹雪を舞い上げると、カメラがその動きを認識しFlashアニメが動作します。
Some buds have appeared.[link]

When the number of buds become over 200, flowers start blooming.
若葉の数が200を越えると、花が咲き始めます。
Flowers have bloomed![link]
This is so beautiful and interesting.

Drawing Music by Rieko Yao[八尾里絵子]

This machine enables us to compose and play music by drawing a picture.
この作品は「絵を描くことで音楽を奏でる」楽曲生成装置です。[link]

It converts the information about the coordinate and the speed of drawing
into MIDI signals in the process.
絵を描く過程で座標と速度を記憶し、それをMIDI信号へと変換します。

And there's more.
DiVA Exhibition will end at 2 p.m. tomorrow, June 25.
Please come to the exhibition if you are interested and... living near Tokyo

[EDIT] It ended.


BTW, the centennial hall of my college has a really weird shape.
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I call it a カマボコ(Kamaboko; steamed fish paste, a hemicylindrical food).

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First of all, thanks for all the comments on my Birthday journal.
I really appreciate it.

Actually I had much work to do in the last 2 weeks of April,
and I've not been drawing any pics till then.
Ah, I'm feeling too lazy...

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Notice
I will reupload some of my pics in the gallery maybe in a few days.
Because... ah, it's my fault.

You can see my signature(50*50 kanji avatar) on some pics,
it's my username 'yashichi'.
When I joined DA, I wanted to keep it secret from my friends for the time being
because I thought this could be a temporary activity.
So, though I'm known as 'KOH' among my friends on the Net,
I decided to use another name.

And I told my friends about DA on my other website(now closing) a few months ago,
so the signature isn't required anymore.
I will reupload the pictures without the signature.

You will get useless messages if you're wathing me. Sorry.
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My principle:
I put my college activities before everything else.
So when I'm busy studying, I rarely draw and submit pictures...

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Happy Birthday to Me!!

Today, April 15 is my birthday.
Ah, it's already 10 p.m. in Japan.

And classes started in my college this week.
Hmm, I'll be very busy soon.

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My principle:
I put my college activities before everything else.
So when I'm busy studying, I rarely draw and submit pictures...

The clubs I'm in:

Today I went to the "Tokyo International Anime Fair 2005".
Of course, in order to check that "Powerpuff Z" thing. [link]

We could see a short episode there. [link]
It was just a temporary one; this show is still being planned.
I leave it to other people to explain that in detail.

This show seems clearly deferent from the original one.
Maybe I should regard it as ANOTHER show.
You ask me whether I like it or not? Um, uh... I have no idea.

BTW, Puffy AmiYumi Live concert was held there!
I met and , and we all enjoyed it.

Setlist
1. Hi Hi
2. Joining a Fan club
3. Teen Titans Theme [English Version]
4. True Asia (Asia no Junshin)

Though this was my first time to see their concert, it was a lot of fun!

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My principle:
I put my college activities before everything else.
So when I'm busy studying, I rarely draw and submit pictures...

The club I'm in: