Ibuki Taiko
@ibukitaiko.bsky.social
Founded by Fiona and Katsu Umetsu, bringing the joys of taiko drumming and Japanese arts & wellbeing to the North West of Ireland 🇯🇵 chats about taiko, poetry, and the 🌊 sea
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46th anniversary this weekend.
October 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
46th anniversary this weekend.
It is just the worst!!
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It is just the worst!!
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"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat to at any time and be yourself."
~ Hermann Hesse
Ocean Meadow Cottage
🎨 Jo Grundy
~ Hermann Hesse
Ocean Meadow Cottage
🎨 Jo Grundy
August 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat to at any time and be yourself."
~ Hermann Hesse
Ocean Meadow Cottage
🎨 Jo Grundy
~ Hermann Hesse
Ocean Meadow Cottage
🎨 Jo Grundy
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A beautiful way to end the day...
• Seamus Heaney •
• Seamus Heaney •
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A beautiful way to end the day...
• Seamus Heaney •
• Seamus Heaney •
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There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Here is a letter from E.B. White to a man who wrote to him in despair over the bleakness of the human race. I've been thinking about this lately, so I thought I'd share it.
August 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Here is a letter from E.B. White to a man who wrote to him in despair over the bleakness of the human race. I've been thinking about this lately, so I thought I'd share it.
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Take a moment, and read...
• Norman MacCaig •
• Norman MacCaig •
August 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Take a moment, and read...
• Norman MacCaig •
• Norman MacCaig •
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Rounding off the month with...
July 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Rounding off the month with...
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"Only when we tarry
do we touch the holy."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunset on the Coast
🎨 Frederick Judd Waugh
do we touch the holy."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunset on the Coast
🎨 Frederick Judd Waugh
July 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Only when we tarry
do we touch the holy."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunset on the Coast
🎨 Frederick Judd Waugh
do we touch the holy."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Sunset on the Coast
🎨 Frederick Judd Waugh
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The swifts are departing...
• Edward Thomas •
• Edward Thomas •
July 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The swifts are departing...
• Edward Thomas •
• Edward Thomas •
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"Time flows in a strange way on Sundays."
~ Haruki Murakami
The Thames with Hampton Church
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1874)
~ Haruki Murakami
The Thames with Hampton Church
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1874)
July 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"Time flows in a strange way on Sundays."
~ Haruki Murakami
The Thames with Hampton Church
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1874)
~ Haruki Murakami
The Thames with Hampton Church
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1874)
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Well, Rosie has already become a hero in Ireland | Rosie O'Donnell saves choking woman at Dublin restaurant
O'Donnell saves choking woman at Dublin restaurant
American comedian and actress Rosie O'Donnell has shared how she sprang into action to assist "a 90-year-old woman" who started choking during dinner in Dublin.
www.rte.ie
July 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Well, Rosie has already become a hero in Ireland | Rosie O'Donnell saves choking woman at Dublin restaurant
Love this
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Love this
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Breathe in, breathe out...
July 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Breathe in, breathe out...
In the @irishtimes.com magazine today!! So proud of everyone on this class project, Taiko For Carers is the best!
July 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In the @irishtimes.com magazine today!! So proud of everyone on this class project, Taiko For Carers is the best!
No need, no need for that carry on
June 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
No need, no need for that carry on
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read books, drink tea, and eat pastries in a humble seaside cottage during a raging storm?
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read books, drink tea, and eat pastries in a humble seaside cottage during a raging storm?
Ezra Collective are class!!! #glastonbury
June 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ezra Collective are class!!! #glastonbury
This morning marked the final session (for now!) of our Taiko for Carers group, supported by @radiushousing
We were also delighted to be joined by journalist Jeannanne Craig, who is writing a piece about this wonderful group of people. We look forward to sharing it soon.
#taikolove #TaikoForCarers
We were also delighted to be joined by journalist Jeannanne Craig, who is writing a piece about this wonderful group of people. We look forward to sharing it soon.
#taikolove #TaikoForCarers
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This morning marked the final session (for now!) of our Taiko for Carers group, supported by @radiushousing
We were also delighted to be joined by journalist Jeannanne Craig, who is writing a piece about this wonderful group of people. We look forward to sharing it soon.
#taikolove #TaikoForCarers
We were also delighted to be joined by journalist Jeannanne Craig, who is writing a piece about this wonderful group of people. We look forward to sharing it soon.
#taikolove #TaikoForCarers
Irish people applying for US visas must now detail all social media accounts they've used in past five years, according to requirements outlined today by the US embassy in Dublin.
US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.
www.thejournal.ie
June 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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This week marks 7 years of my weekly parenting column.
I got the gig from this Father's Day piece I wrote, 2 weeks before my son was born.
It's about my dad, who brought up 11 kids by himself after my mum died. I promise it's funnier than that makes it sound.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I got the gig from this Father's Day piece I wrote, 2 weeks before my son was born.
It's about my dad, who brought up 11 kids by himself after my mum died. I promise it's funnier than that makes it sound.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Dad raised 11 kids alone. How will I cope with one? | Séamas O'Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly’s father brought up a huge brood of children on his own. He also built their house and filled it with love, laughter and DIY catalogues. So how does that make Séamas feel now that he’s...
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This week marks 7 years of my weekly parenting column.
I got the gig from this Father's Day piece I wrote, 2 weeks before my son was born.
It's about my dad, who brought up 11 kids by himself after my mum died. I promise it's funnier than that makes it sound.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I got the gig from this Father's Day piece I wrote, 2 weeks before my son was born.
It's about my dad, who brought up 11 kids by himself after my mum died. I promise it's funnier than that makes it sound.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Perhaps the ultimate poem for Father's Day—
June 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Perhaps the ultimate poem for Father's Day—
No words
Young carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,000
Young carer who unwittingly breached allowance rules forced to repay £2,000
Rose Jones, who cared for mother from age of eight, twice wrongly advised by work coach on joining DWP job scheme
A young carer who had looked after her disabled mother from the age of eight was forced to repay more than £2,000 when she unwittingly breached carer’s allowance benefit earnings rules after joining a government youth employment scheme.
Rose Jones, 22, said she was twice wrongly advised by her jobcentre work coach that her wages earned under the Kickstart scheme would not affect her eligibility for carer’s allowance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
No words