EXILE photos on Flickr

Many of the images in this set are from Sadogashima (Sado Island). Although I've lived in Kobe for a longer time, Sado was my home during my first three years in Japan. It's a unique place, and I still regard it as my Japanese ふるさと (hometown).

It has a fascinating history, much of which revolves around its status as an 'isle of exile'. According to wikipedia:

"When direct control from mainland Japan started around the 8th century, due to its remoteness, the island soon became a place of banishment for difficult or inconvenient Japanese figures. Exile to remote locations such as Sado was a very serious punishment, second only to the death penalty, and people were not expected to return.

The earliest known dissident to be condemned to exile on Sadogashima was a poet, Hozumi no Asomioyu. He was sent to the island in 722, reportedly for having criticized the Emperor. The former Emperor Juntoku was sent to Sado after his role in the Jōkyū War of 1221. The disgraced Emperor survived twenty years on the island before his death; and because he was sent to Sado, this emperor is known posthumously as Sado-no-in (佐渡院). He is buried in the Mano Goryo mausoleum on the west coast. The Buddhist monk Nichiren Daishonin was sent to Sado for three years before his 1274 pardon. The Noh dramatist Zeami Motokiyo was exiled on unspecified charges in 1434. The last banishment in Sado took place in 1700, almost a millennium after the first."

In many ways it was my own isle of exile, but in a (mostly) very positive way.

This image shows one of the many little shrines that can be found just offshore, on rocky outcroppings. To me, it encapsulates the barren and isolated notion of island exile.

Serri by Kavar Cleanslate | Exile Hair

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out now for c88 :)

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Genetics-Lelutka/Glam Affair

Clothing- The Secret Store

Exile by -sigma-

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4351=250412

20130305c by s2

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LAST EXILE

ALTER

Celebrity Exile. by Steve Hammond

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Celebrity Exile.

Соседите лактите насмеани поет гнев гуски проклет котелчиња ветровито време татнеж се соочи со проблематичен шок летање чекори знаење мечеви,

éclats mélodieux arts ébats souffles angoissants yeux de métal paillettes dansantes faucons précipités ombres coûteuses mains sévères blessures profondes,

mae gaudy yn swnio'n ddiddiwedd yn dringo toils swlri cerrig uchaf chwerthin ofnau gyda'r nos yn tostio clychau clychau chwyrlïol mwg silffoedd cyfrinachau cudd,

Potentiae consequentiarum contextus putredine sanguinis sui tenax vigor patientia iura salis insinuat lectionibus variis orbis trepidi profudit,

病気の喜び魔法の光真っ赤な星が風通しの良い歓声を刈り取る不注意なあなたの幸福なフィールドスパイシーな心バワリー地面荒野かがむ孤独な色合い黄金の雨.

Steve.D.Hammond.

Exile by Isabella Farron-Avery

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I can see you starin', honey

Like he's just your understudy

Like you'd get your knuckles bloody for me

Second, third, and hundredth chances

Balancin' on breaking branches

Those eyes add insult to injury

I think I've seen this film before