Asami Ike on the passage of time, and on the devotion and love that dogs feel and bring into the lives of their humans.

Dogs are all end up to be a dusty dog. Dogs’ dust consists of pride of themselves and that of you. The film is of the memory, love and gratitude of the dusty dog, and many other dogs, tracing their senses and memories, dedicating to you who gave love to them.

Related animation: Asami Ike’s USAWaltz.

Have a large, heavy item to remove? Here’s how they handle it in Japan! This 2011 video was filmed in Iwaki City (after the March 11 earthquake that year) by local volunteers helping to paint and clean up local shops in the city. They stopped working to watch post-earthquake clean up of these huge metal pieces by a garbage truck with a giant claw.

More machines and more vehicles in the archives.

Reincarnation, an animation from Japanese illustrator Chie Miyazaki.

via Youngna.

Related watching: USAWALTZ by Asami Ike.

The 2012 Japanese Juggling Festival was held in Tokyo in early October, where contact juggler Yanazo wowed the audience with his incredible balance and speed control of just one ball for half the performance.

And then he juggles with two balls… then three. And then he won first prize. 

Interested in trying out a few contact juggling tricks? Check out Yanazo’s well-practiced skills more closely:

Thanks, @farleykj and @laniharmon.

Updated for video link.

USAWALTZ, animation and music by Tokyo-born Asami Ike.

Both kids were laughing as they watched the rabbits journey across all of the animals that floated by, and we’ve been humming the music ever since. Clearly we loved this video. If you do, too, you might also enjoy one of our favorite books, Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu, a Tinybop recommendation.