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A visit to the limited-time Koyama Sweets shop
A bunch of Americans visit the Koyama sweets shop My friend Akihiro Oyama’s family has run the Koyama Western Sweets shop in Kessennuma for 120 years. His older brother is the 5th Oyama to run the Koyama sweets shop. Last year in the March 11th Earthquake and Tsunami, their town and shop was completely wiped […]
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Professional Family photos
Dave, Alana, and Gary with their Marathon Medals Dave, Alana, and Gary with their Marathon Medals Pooh Bear Alana Yoshiyuki Pooh Bear Alan Yoshiyuki Alan Yoshiyuki in his great-grandfather’s baby kimono Alana and Scout David, Alana, Alan, and Scout Scout and Balloons Gary, Alana, and Scout David, Alana, Lisa, Alan, Gary, and Scout Lisa, David, […]
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A trip to Hakone with the family
Alan in his cute Yukata Alana, Dave, and Scout at dinner The Hakone Group at the Onsen We took a cable car up the mountain The top of sulfur mountain Black Eggs and Mt. Fuji Ropeway ride down to the lake Pirate ships on Ashinoko (Lake Ashi) After running the Tokyo Marathon, I was a […]
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Tokyo Marathon
Evans family marathon runners Evans runner support team At the end of the race! The full support team About a year ago my father made a joking suggestion that we run the Tokyo marathon together. My twin sister ran the new York marathon in 2010 so she wanted to run her second marathon. So we […]
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Setsubun – throw beans around for good luck!
A demon! Ready the beans! Beans away! Today is Setsubun, a day that marks the traditional start of Spring. Well, I hope it does because it is super cold out here, and getting up and running every morning has been a challenge. What Setsubun really means is that you buy a bunch of beans of […]
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Announcing the birth of Alan Yoshiyuki Tanaka-Evans
Alan Yoshiyuki Tanaka Evans Mom and Alan together for the first time Dad, Alan, and Mom Alan with eyes wide open On Friday, December 16th, at 12:08pm, our son Alan Yoshiyuki Tanaka Evans was born. In Japanese his name is 田中エバンス・アラン吉恭. I’ll say more about the name later. On Thursday the 15th, Lisa started to […]
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Rainbow Bridge Loop
Welcome to Rainbow Bridge View from the bridge Inside the bridge Arrived in Odaiba Loading cranes Yesterday I went for a 20km run, and finally was able to do the run I’ve been trying to do for the past few weeks: starting at home, jog up to the Rainbow Bridge, jog across, then circle around […]
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Maternity Photos
Dave and Risa Dave and Risa Dave and Risa Dave and Risa Risa Yesterday, R. and I went to a small photostudio, Happy Birth Photo in Shibuya. R. thought it would be a good idea to have some professional maternity photos done. Since this isn’t something that happens every day, I definitely agree. The photo […]
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Happy 37th Birthday Run
I wanted to jog across Rainbow bridge into Odaiba, but it was closed to pedestrian traffic. Since I couldn’t run across rainbow bridge, I headed for another landmark. Inspired by my good friend Eric, who ran a half marathon today, I thought I would go for a long run (which is called for on my […]
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Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead
I watched “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” on Amazon Instant Video tonight. Another great documentary! I’m excited because a few days ago I ordered a Vitamix (1363 Spy [or possibly it was CIA] model) blender which can make great juices. Since I’m currently training for my first marathon, and my father has really enjoyed his […]
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Amazon Instant Video
I’m currently in America for work. I bought some stuff from Amazon, and they offered me a free Amazon Prime trial, which I can cancel within the first month for no charge. I’ve been curious about Amazon Prime Instant Video for a while, so decided to check it out. They have some great videos up […]
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A Wedding in New York, and a Baby Shower in DallasA Wedding in New York, and a Baby Shower in Dallas
Lisa and Starry Night Lisa and Warhol’s Marylin Dave and Thomas Sweet Ice Cream The Bent Spoon Ice Cream Halo Pub Hoagie Haven Lisa and Dave at the flower gardens Last week Lisa and I went to New York for the wedding of our friends Lena Park and Ben Grenier. This will be Lisa’s second […]
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