Category: Japan
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A trip Hirosaki in the Winter
Map from Tokyo to Hirosaki Map from Hachinohe to Hirosaki I’m always complaing about how I am busy and don’t have any time. It is true that I am busy, but time is one of those strange things that you can definitely find more of if you have a good reason. Last weekend I took […]
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Game Center CX: So totally nerdy, it has to be Japanese
Arino-san Arino-san up close. He’s afraid of “the concept of (a) time (limit)!” Game screen shots with little explanations of the game characteristics. In this case, rappelling action is the key to the strategy. A while back I heard about Game Center CX (and an English Wikipedia link also.) It is a TV show that […]
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Running across the Rainbow Bridge
Rainbow Odaiba Run, about 10.8km Ooedo Onsen Monogatari It is like a hot springs theme park Choose your Yukata Lots of shops Ninjas! No pirates though. Lots of games and stuff Lots of food: not good, but expensive Lately I’ve been running once a week with a running club from work. I was hoping that […]
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A visit to Kashiwagi Farm and Ooyama Temple
Kashiwagi Farm Lots of Meat! There are cows there too In mid-January R. and I had a party at our apartment. R. wanted to make roast beef for the party, and since we had a rare instance of days off at the same time coming up she thought it would be fun to drive somewhere […]
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I need to check out 紅虎餃子房 or 万豚記
According to Famitsu, the restaurants 紅虎餃子房 and 万豚記 will have SF4 themed menus from 2009-02-12 to 2009-04-12. There are a bunch of either of those places in Tokyo, so I should be able to find one. Didn’t look like there were any in Shibuya though. Also you get a card with a QR code and […]
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Let’s Talk about Bathtubs
My bathtub is a lot smarter than I expected. It has a nice little spout thing that doesn’t get in your way. The spout can shoot water out to the left or to the right. There is a control panel where you can set the temperature of the water, and the bathtub will re-circulate water […]
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Our Hatsumode Plan
One thing people like to do in Japan around the New Year is their first shrine visit, the Hatsumode (初詣). I think generally people in Japan visit a temple probably on average 1.8 times a year (this is a wild guess.) Generally, people go to a shrine right after the new year. Then they probably […]
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Jogging around the park
Nice jogging path in the park across the river Random Statue Random Statue The final stretch: I can see home It has been a while, but I had time today on my day off (Happy Imperial Birthday Day everyone!) to go for a nice jog. I did my normal 6.8km loop around the park across […]
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Driving in Tokyo, buying turkeys, and Eeden Mall
Eeden Mall in Fukuzawa Palmetto Western Restaurant Real Pepsi in a glass bottle!! Good Burger! Turkeys at Kinokunia This weekend, R. and needed to go and buy a turkey because we are planning to cook a nice traditional (for Christmas, which is what R. thinks I need) turkey dinner for the Emperor’s Birthday, which is […]
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A busy day – another typical blog post
13.1km loop 13.1km loop detail Shrimp Gratan Doughnut This is another really typical blog post. Nothing interesting here. I had a lot to do today, and didn’t get enough done. In the morning I got up at a reasonable time for the weekend – 9:30am, and called the family back home. It is hard to […]