April 25 Cleaning the sacred island

Paul Lindberg

Cleaning is a very important in Japan. In The word kirie means both clean and beautiful This sacred island, Okinoshima, has a once a year cleaning day by local volunteers. I don't know if I qual...

April 24 Visiting a Dutch Doctor in Japan

Paul Lindberg

As I rapidly prepare myself to be on par with the crew, I had to visit the doctor's office. I was a little scared that I would have to see a Japanese doctor. But luckily I found an International Cl...

April 22 + 23 The weekend, Awakefilm, and Me

Paul Lindberg

Two days ago on Saturday, I did not know anything about this film except that my interviewee, Tim Takemoto, was also getting interviewed by them. But thinking about it now, I feel truly awake now o...