Ah! Fujino!
I just found an article about my friend Bob a traditional Japanese silk maker, weaver, painter, artist and indigo expert who still lives in the village I used to live in, Fujino-Machi (wysteria fields). This is where my eldest son spent his formative years and where the installation artist after whom my second son is named lives with his family. I miss my family, friends, the lifestyle and the place where I lived very very deeply. Bob and I were the last two Geijins to live there, and now he is the only one left. I wonder if I’ll ever get to go back.
Canadian finds his own silk road: Bob Whitehead
Photos by: Makoto Miyazaki, Daily Yomiuri Photographer
Written By: Ayako Hirayama, Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer
