この前に、蒲原という駅に行きました。あそこ、研究室の先生は家を買って、地域の活動に入りました。蒲原町は歴史があるところです。昔の東海道は東海道新幹線になりました。歌川広重はここよく絵を描きました。広重の美術館もあります。先生はこの町の歴史を守るために、活動を広がりたいです。一つとして、スケッチをしてほしいです。みなさん、どうでしょうか？ 先生の家の中でお茶飲む場所が描きました。 この家で泊まってもいいです。 他の、町の風味きも。 もっと描いてほしいですから、来月も行きたいと思っています。11月18-19日ぐらいです。 その時に、祭りがあります。楽しそうです。 みなさん、一緒に来てくれませんか？ Our lab professor bought a house in place, called Kambara. It’s a station on Tokaido road, on the seashore, close to Mount Fuji. Sensei wants to help locals to preserve their heritage. As one idea, we discussed to have a sketch walk with the following exhibition. I come to Kambara last week to see the place and sketch. The house of Sensei is a very old traditional house, full of treasures. I sketched the interior of the house. This fish on the hook is a fireplace to make tea (first drawing). Japanese house floor is made of tatami mats and on the walls are many interesting objects. One of them is clothes for the festival. On the back is written the name of the city - Ka

Dear fellow sketchers of USK Japan, here is my short report about the trip to Kuching, Malaysia, to Asia-Link sketch walk 2017. Asia-link was organized with love to details. I felt totally comfortable since organizers not only prepared a meaningful program for each day but give much additional info for a perfect stay and even helped to get an internet SIM card. We also spend time talking and sketching each other during the dinner. Much fun! First-day speakers were William Sim, Alvin Wong, Khiah Keang, next day Tina Boon, Kwin and others. Tina Boon reminded the precious history of USK. Alvin Wong. His speech resonated in me because of two moments. 1. He said about involving with the local environment, not just drawing it. This is the meaning and opportunities of usk! 2. Preservational sketch. This is how I started (spontaneously) my first urban sketches back in hometown, Nizhniy Novgorod, where historical center was crashed and vanished on our eyes. Thank you, Alvi