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Living by the code
... the crowd. Everyone's phones were up and cameras going off everywhere around us. And on the street people were running up to the truck. Most amazingly, it was people of all ages getting caught up in the excitement. The scene repeated itself as we bumped into the truck again in street corner later on.
When things turned back to normal, it was a relaxed walk along the shopping galleries built through ...
Why Japan will Overcome this Crisis
... believe with propel the Japanese people to recover and rebuild their lives and their country.
In light of the recent events, I’ve tried to get in touch with my homestay family over email but to no avail. According to news reports there are 57 shelters set-up in Morioka housing over 3200 victims. I would not be surprised if the Ishigame family has opened their own doors to welcome victims with the same generosity and kindness that they once showed ...
Kakunodate, Nyuto Onsen Hot Spring, Zuihoden
... a rustic prefecture). Actually, if I had walked in the mountain from the nearest bus stop to the inn, it would have taken 40 minutes. Anyway, when I got off just in front of the gate of the inn, I was so impressed by its tasteful appearance that I took some pictures right there. After I paid 500 yen admission fee, I headed for the outdoor mixed bath, which was the most famous bath of the inn. I didn't lack common sense, but I took a few pictures of the bath, ...
Encounter with a samurai
... did not only make his comments orally but had them written down in very large font size on paper as well, which he held up for me to read while he was speaking... Very bizarre, but then, I was so happy to be given an English tour that I did not mind - in most other places I was unable to read anything since everything was in Japanese only. The junior samurai told me that his family had traditionally been accountants (samurais have not been fighting for a long time ...
Thoughts on the Train
... I have not yet seen any livestock. One or two rice fields, yes, but not a single cow.
Beth commented on the peculiarity of the natural vegetation on the hillside. Along with the standard broadleaf trees that you would find across temperate Europe are interspersed species that we would only find in garden centers; ornamental specimens for experimental horticulturalists. This mixture of the everyday and the exotic gives a certain unreality to the ...