The plum season has arrived again this year! Following last year, I harvested some green Nanko plums from a friend's magnificent plum tree, 5kg from the home of Toyohashi artist Shintaro Ajioka, and 11kg from the home of Maserati and Porsche enthusiast Toshiro Muramatsu in Mori-machi, for a total of 16kg of green plums...
...We visited Shintaro Ajioka's studio to see him picking Nanko plums and working on pieces for his next solo exhibition!
I visited the home, office, and studio of contemporary artist Shintaro Ajioka, who is based in Toyohashi and active on the world stage! I received a notice about the annual "plum picking" event held at the Ajioka residence before the rainy season, so I took a drive there! His daughter, Akari, knew about it...
...