Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009
In case you guys aren’t close followers of the English Japanese blog scene we have this great thing where every month a bunch of us write features about a common theme. This will be my first entry. This upcoming month’s theme is foreign food. You can read more about it here: Link
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2008
Ok, with this post we’re backing up to the 26th, my last day in Yamanashi. We went to Shosen Gourge in Chichibu-Tama-Kai, which was on my short list of things I wanted to do but didn’t think I’d get a chance. It was a somewhat long drive, maybe 2 hours. Or maybe the heat just [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2008
Well, didn’t do a whole lot on day 5. It was hot, so we wandered aimlessly up a mountain where we saw lots and lots of bugs, and some shrines that had seen better days. Then we went to the store to get ingredients for me to make Maryland food. Old Bay seasoned steam shrimp, [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2008
We got up early to meet my friend’s friend at the JR station, she had apparently come from quite some distant and would be spending the day with us. First on the list of plans was food, my friends mother recommended a particular restaurant near the temple”——” we where going to visit later so we [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008
Another early rise this time to go sightseeing around Tsuru via bike. One issue, it was 36 Celsius, yikes. We visited several temples, museums, and shops. I bought Mucc’s “Flight” single for the Otakon DVD, and the SHOXX photobook for the Taste of Chaos tour. In all the ride was 5 hours, tiring. It’s late, [...]
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