Asuco's Diary

先日、仕事帰りにちょっと足を延ばして・・・茨城県笠間市へ
「かさまど交流会」にお邪魔させていただきました。
The other day after work, I drove to Kasama-city in Ibaraki prefecture to participate in the Kasamado exchange party.

‘かさまど‘とは笠間や筑波で活躍している陶芸、写真、造形・・その他たくさんの作家さん達との交流会。
実は人みしりなＭｅはドキドキ・・・・
‘Kasamado' is a kind of gathering and party with many artists in Kasama-city or Tsukuba-city in Ibaraki-prefecture. But, my heart was pounding because I tend to be shy with people......


でもみなさんとっても気さく＆陽気！
But, they are so friendly and there was merriment.

開催場所も素敵！！　岩間第一分校。今は廃校になった、小学校だったところを、現在はイベントやアート活動などに使用できるそうです。
The place was neat, too!! It is called Iwama daiichi bunkou. The old building was used as an elementary school but is now closed. People use for events or art works now.

校庭の木には小さなツリーハウス
Cute tree house at the ground.


夕ぐれ時に到着すると、校庭に造形作家さんがなにやら展示を始めていました。
We arrived there around sunset and an artist was working on decorating his iron work.

ん？？大きな鉄板　Wao!! huge frying-pan!!

みんなでわいわいしながら、バーベキューやお好み焼き　
They had BBQ and huge okonomiyaki (Japanese pancake), it was fun.

暗くなってからは写真家中村さんの投影会まで。。
There were pictures projected by photographer Nakamura after dark.

最後はやっぱり花屋台カフェさんの美味しいコーヒーでしょうっっ！
Finally, I had tasty coffee from 'hanayatai cafe' (food truck cafe) .

いろんな’つながる’って素敵ですね。
I had a great time and felt that anything that 'connects with something' has meaning in our life.

かさまどのみなさん、ありがとうございました。
Thank you to everyone at 'Kasamado' !!