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Daniel Innes
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Making things in the countryside. Dreaming of the city.

DENISON AVENUE (ECW Press,2023) by Christina Wong and myself is available at your local bookstore.

Kamikawa, Hyōgo, Japan.

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Working on the next novel with @itscmwong.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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First illustration finished for my book on Hommura.
Hommura is part of Hase village, in Kamikawa, Hyogo, Japan, where I am living.

This is Ichihara Shrine 市原神社

#兵庫県 #神河町
An illustration on paper showing a stone path with stone lion statues on each side, leading to stone steps. At the top of the steps is a long stone fence, behind it are two wooden buildings with traditional Japanese clay tile roofs, these are old Shinto shrines. Large trees fill out the background of the illustration. A pen is below the drawing to show the size.
February 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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This wasn’t in the yard yesterday..
A small deer skull on the forest ground
January 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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This novel is excellent
Screenshot of the audiobook Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto
January 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I’m trying out some different pens, getting ready to start illustrating one of the next books. Here’s a drawing of my favourite restaurant in Himeji.

たか月

54 Tatemachi, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
A black and white illustration of a 2 story building. Attached, on either side are 3 story buildings. The sidewalk and street are visible along the front of the buildings. There are some elements from the Showa time period in japan, as well as modern things like air conditioning units and a satellite dish. The Japanese characters on the sign read Takatsuki. A wooden door with a small fabric curtain above let’s us assume that this is a restaurant of some sort. Junko-san prepares food in the small Japanese restaurant. It is Showa style inside, with space for only 6 customers at the counter.
January 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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November 28, 2024 at 12:43 PM
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An open doorway to a Japanese style garden. An event poster for a Denison Avenue reading at 2:30 View through a sliding door into a Japanese garden. There is a lacquered bamboo chair on the walkway.
November 28, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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See you there?

#兵庫県
Event flyer for a book reading in rural Japan
November 18, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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Just a reminder that there are still many of my original illustrations from the book Denison Avenue available to purchase.
100% of the proceeds are being donated to the Fort York Food Bank in Toronto.

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Description Top panel: Akram's Shoppe, a middle eastern groceries store, at 191 Baldwin Street. The store has signs advertising the foods they sell. Bottom panel: 191 Baldwin Street, where Akram's Shoppe used to exist. The signs have been removed from the shop, and a metal criss-cross fence blocks entry into the building.
November 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM