Sunday, October 11, 2026

The Atami Retreat Was a Wonderful Time. Sad News: The Atami Cafe I Loved Has Closed.

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Reflections on the Atami retreat.

 

Stories each of us has lived separately cross here in Atami.

 

Each person's antenna of curiosity picked up a frequency they love, and their life began to move.

 

The waves sing, the clouds make a racket, the blue sky smiles, a dog barks...

 

Here in Atami, the land draws close to people's hearts and turns laughter into a light that illuminates the future.

 

Connected AI becomes an electronic brain that links us to the world.

 

We learned together, ate together, played in the sea, and captured each other's shadows in photos.

 

 

Live freely.

A certain high priest once declared... "Life has no meaning."

 

Isn't that a shocking thing to say?!

There is no meaning in life.

People seek meaning, search for it, and suffer.

 

If there is no meaning, then let's simply exist in the present and enjoy the present moment.

 

Does an electronic brain dream?

Do you paint your dreams?

Will I live in my dreams?

 

 

What we love melts into space-time, spreads, and is passed on.

Time in Atami is exceptional, special, and has a tremendous impact on our lives.

 

Take this!

And launch fireworks of intention into the pure white world above your head!

 

 

At night, we went to a craft gin shop.

SEACLIFF Atami Distillery

 

 

Kama-chan!

It's wonderful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a lovely place!

Atami's secret bar!

 

 

The Italian dinner was delicious, too!

 

 

 

 

How to take photos

How to be photographed

 

 

We did how to draw, too!

 

 

 

And then, something so sad...

The Atami cafe I loved had closed down.

 

 

cafe kichi

 

 

 

 

 

So sad!

 

 

This place is full of memories.

 

Twenty years ago, going into this cafe is what made me think,

"I want a place in Atami!"

 

 

Ah~

Somehow, it feels so lonely~

 

 

 

The other day, at the

movie "Yaruki no Switch (The Motivation Switch)"

 

volunteer staff's

wrap party~~~

 

 

Thank you so much!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salmon arrived from Hokkaido~~~

 

 

Nami-chan, congratulations on your publication!

 

Link to Takumi Yamazaki’s ENGLISH Book “SHIFT”
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Source: Takumi Yamazaki’s original Japanese blog post (Ameblo)