The Secret of Butterflies

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The Secret of Butterflies book cover

A daughter’s obsession with swallowtail butterflies merges with a family’s secret of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at the end of World War II. This personal journey is a meditation on peace and a story of hope.

Hakusan Creation is excited to release our next book by Naomi Otsubo. This autobiographical work chronicles Naomi’s struggles to understand the cruelty of the world from her experience of raising swallowtail butterflies in her garden balcony. This experience leads her to unravel a family secret of her then 14-year-old father’s history of the bombing of Nagasaki. This short story of butterflies, survival, dreams, and gods is woven into a beautiful message of hope.

The print edition of the book has text in Japanese and English. You can order a copy at our store:

The Secret of Butterflies at Hakusan Creation Shop

Single String Archery Club Bootcamp, 2023, Part 1

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This April, Naomi and I went to the Single String Archery Club Bootcamp. The bootcamp is two days of archery instruction and practice. The goals of the program is to help archers develop and to raise money to support competitive archers representing the United States at international competitions, such as the World Archery Field Championships and World Archery 3-D Championships.

Many of the instructors have represented the US at international competitions, like Fawn Girard on the right of the image. Fawn is a well-known and decorated barebow archer that competes in indoor and outdoor target archery, field archery, and 3-D archery at home and abroad. She is also a founding member of the Single String Archery Club. Click on the image for a larger view.