Cleve JAPAN

I AM AN AMERICAN JAZZ VOCALIST LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY BUT I HAVE SPENT THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TOURING AROUND JAPAN WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE MUSICIANS PLAYING MOSTLY IN KYUSHU, JAPAN'S SOUTH-WESTERN ISLANDS... mostly in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, (MY MUSIC PAGE IS FOUND HERE www.myspace.com/clevejazz)THE CLIMATE OF KYUSHU IS SOMEWHAT TROPICAL AND MILD WITH PALM TREES, HUGE MOUNTAINS AND DEEP VALLEY, CLEAN MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, BAMBOO FORRESTS, CLEAN AIR AND FRUIT TREES THAT SEEM TO BE IN FULL BLOSSOM ALL YEAR ROUND. THE PEOPLE OF THIS REGION OF JAPAN ARE SO VERY KIND AND WARM AND COURTEOUS AND ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. HERE ON THIS SITE I WILL ATTEMPT TO EXPOSE THIS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN WORLD TO THE WEST, ESPECIALLY TO AMERICANS WHO KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT JAPAN AND ITS PEOPLE, ITS CUSTOMS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. I WILL SHARE MY KNOWLEGE THAT I HAVE GAINED FROM MY 30 VISITS THERE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE READERS HERE SOME IDEA OF HOW WONDERFUL AND EXCITING AND FRIENDLY AND INVITING AND DELICIOUS THIS PLACE IS. THERE IS A LOT WE AS WESTERNERS CAN LEARN FROM JAPAN....I HAVE LEARNED A BIT MYSELF AND WISH TO SHARE IT HERE WITH YOU. I WILL EVEN BE SHARING SOME JAPANESE WORDS AND PHRASES WITH YOU HERE SO YOU CAN COME BACK OFTEN AND LEARN A LOT I HOPE. PLEASE VISIT AGAIN WHEN I WILL BE DISPLAYING SOME OF THE OVER TWO THOUSAND (2,000) PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER PHILIPPE BOCQUET WHO VISITED JAPAN WITH ME RECENTLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU