The school Sosekido (素石堂) was formed by my sensei, Unkotsu Komine (小峰雲骨) many years ago. I was 13 years old when I first met him, and it was the beginning of my long-time calligraphy path.
あけましておめでとう (Akemashite omedetou). Wish you all a lot of wonderful adventures in 2015.
This year Sosekido starts a new course as well as those two existing courses in Köpenicker Strasse 175 in Kreuzberg and Schliemannstrasse 30 in Prenzlauerberg. Here is the information;
The Kanji of 2014 was announced in December and it was 税 (zei), which means tax. Last year the VAT (税金/ zeikin) increased from 5% to 8%. This must’ve been affected Japanese people a lot and as a result, the word zei was selected. Hope this year give people a little more positive impression.