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Kaika on the balcony, on the day of seeing snow for the first time. Unfortunately he’s got a cold, nothing serious but a persistent runny nose, so we couldn’t really go out and thrash around in it like I’d want to. Here’s hoping he grows up to be someone who can delight in the rare [...]

Naoko and Kaika, Bon Odori, Warabi (Saitama), July 25, 2004. Leica M6, CV 35mm f/2.5, Fuji Neopan 1600.

Honmaru, Imperial East Garden, Tokyo, May 8, 2004. Bessa-L, CV 21mm f/4, Kodak Tmax 400. I don’t know why I thought it’d be this way, but somehow I imagined that one day our son Kaika would just wake up and be able to walk on his own two feet, as if there was an on-off [...]

Kaika at home, February 16, 2004. Canon EOS Elan IIe, 50mm f/1.8 II, Konica Centuria 400. Of late, spurred by some private conversations, as well as some online reading, I’ve been thinking about Kaika and his ethnicity, and namely his “status” in this country as “half,” which is to say half-Japanese. Now, we haven’t been [...]

The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, January 28, 2004. Bessa R2, 35mm f/2.5, Konica Centuria 200. Kaika turned 1 yesterday. Happy birthday, son. Hard to believe it’s been a year since this day. There are days I can’t wait for you to grow up, stand on your own two feet, play catch with your Papa, flower like [...]