Category Archives: Japan
Meg’s Photo Post (Cherries!)
I do have a slight excuse for not posting this sooner. WordPress changed the interface to the back-end of this blog (which means I will have to figure it out…I hope it’s easier), and when that happened they changed the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Blossom, Hanami, Monja, Naka-meguro, Sakura, Yoyogi
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Three Nights in Bangkok
With apologies to Murray Head, I’m not so sure about this place. In order to not cause an international incident I can only describe Bangkok as chaos. But not in the orderly, ‘there is a purpose to this’ kind of chaos … Continue reading
Visitors 2014
Last year passed in a blur, but in many ways it seems like we’ve been here forever (in a good way). Laurie came for a visit in November and spent Thanksgiving here Tokyo-American style. We joined friends for turkey dinner … Continue reading
Sundries (Part Two)
Can you tell that this random posting of photos (along with even more random thoughts) is the result of laziness? I didn’t think so. I had some more decent photos and didn’t want to jam them all into one post, … Continue reading
Sundries (Part One)
I say part one only because I have a fair amount of miscellaneous photos with very little overall theme to tie them together. But since you’re ‘there’ and not ‘here,’ I expect photos would be of great interest (pictures, thousand … Continue reading
Learning the Lingo: You May Already Speak Japanese…
…sort of. OK, I’ll be the millionth to say it, Japanese is a difficult language to learn. To start with, there are three different ‘alphabets’ that are used interchangeably in sentences. I won’t go into too much detail, but there … Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Dogs, Language, Omotesando
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Wat’s Up?
While over in this part of the world, Amy’s number one destination to visit was Cambodia and the temples around Siem Reap, specifically Angkor Wat. You can check the link for the history. It really is one of the most spectacular … Continue reading
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Tagged Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Seoul, Shinta Mani, Siem Reap
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Miscellaneous Mania…
This post will be photo-heavy, not from any laziness on my part mind you. OK, maybe just a little. So pay attention to the captions. Our biggest ‘adventure’ was going to see the summer fireworks show (hanabi-taikai) at the Meiji … Continue reading
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Tagged Azabu Juban, Festival, Fireworks, Hotel Okura, Tea
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‘Betcha by Golly, Wow’
Forgive me for burying the lede, wishing to save the best for last. August in Tokyo is nothing if not hot. And by Grabthar’s Hammer is it hot (I’ll let you non-nerds look that one up). I will never complain about … Continue reading
Kamakura
We took the train out to this historic area just about an hour south of Tokyo on the coast. It was the center of a very important era of early government (Shoguns, etc.) Not much to say other than we … Continue reading
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