Japan – On Yahaba
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Japan – Day 17 – Some temple near Yahaba
Well, as planned, last night we went to an obaa-chan’s house around the corner. She was thrilled to see Alice again (she brought out a letter that Alice had sent her when she was last here @.@) and was closer to the embarassingly-polite stereotype I would have expected. We had red bean rice (sort of [...]
Posted in japan, yahaba | 1 Comment »Japan – Day 16 – Yahaba
So here we are in Yahaba, Iwate, in the north of the main island of Japan. It’s very cold, ~2º. It’s snowing! Pretty! We had a quick breakfast (nothing exciting – cereal, toast & coffee with a kind of cabbage soup, yum) then off to a neighbour’s house for a visit. After Alice interpreted and [...]
Posted in iwate, japan, yahaba | 2 Comments »Japan – Day 15 – Travel, and Iwate
Not much to report for day 16 really (except it was Alice’s birthday!). This is a job for… CAPTAIN POINT FORM! -We both finished packing. -I booked us a bus back from Sydney and tried to fix my blog. -Alice finished cleaning the house. -We headed into Omiya to wait for our train to Iwate. [...]
Posted in iwate, japan | No Comments »Japan – Day 14 – No Hangover, More Aikido
“Here’s to good health” is a terribly misleading phrase in certain contexts. Ah well. So on Saturday I was feeling 100% (no Centrum required), thank god. We had to leave on Sunday, and Alice had an apartment inspection on Sat morning, so we cleaned a little and I made myself scarce when her employers came [...]
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