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Hakone, Mt Fuji & Tokyo!
... up to the gate and took pictures from the bridge where there was a beautiful view of the palace perched high on a hill overlooking sprawling gardens and a lake.
Our next and last stop before returning to the ship was at a Buddhist temple with an open-air market right next to it. Before we got there, our tour guide told us what sorts of things we could find there and passed around a really beautiful little box to show us. I’ve never seen anything like it before. ...
Ramen, anime & karaoke
... amp; the seats all around like a bar. It's fun to watch the cooks making the food. They call out welcome & the names of dishes as they work so
it's quite an atmosphere.
We then went to an anime museum dedicated to a particular anime creator, Ghibli Museum
(the Disney of the east). Despite not having seen any of the particular anime featured, it was a fun ...
Un-Hanami, Part III -- Inokashira Park
... setting up, and I do mean setting up. Many people had brought along boxes to use as makeshift tables, and some had even brought along proper folding tables. Now that is commitment to admiring flowers!
Inokashira Park was packed, but Kimberly and I lucked out and snagged a spot at the western end, on a cushy carpet of fallen leaves. We spread out our ground sheets and I went and stood in ...
One Month Later
... my standing lamp, which has a very solid base, start swaying. I with I'd had the presence of mind to film it, but I was too busy turning on the news and listening with dread as a tsunami warning was issued for the north-east coast of the country. Thankfully, as far as I know, the wave that hit was under a metre high.
The weather forecast for today was sunny with some cloudy patches. It was quite warm, and when ...
Jishin
... our outside shoes inside the school -- and joined my coworkers, along with a couple of kids who'd arrived early for their afternoon lessons, and people from nearby businesses. The earth was still shaking. One little girl had been dropped off by her mother, and she was in my coworker's arms, crying. We took turns holding her, as much to comfort her as to calm ourselves down.
All told, the earthquake lasted... I want to say twenty to thirty seconds ...