Diary: New Year Shrine Visit, 2023
When we went to Munetada shrine during New Year festivities 2023, I purchased three prayer tiles as I have a […]
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Equinox at Ohaka, saying respectful hellos to the ancestors
Friday, Sept 23: Equinox day walk up to the ancestral graves for cleaning, incense and fresh flowers… as is tradition.
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Personal Musings
Diary: Bubble Family, making steps…
Big moves in our lil bubble compound: My wonderful in-laws Junko & Takushi are getting Pfizerized on Sunday here in
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Grandson Ichiro at Ohaka grave with Fujita Family
8 month old Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson visiting his great-grandpa Ichiro’s ohaka grave on the 48th anniversary of his passing.
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Ichiro: card #59 “Generations of Fujitas”(in Tsuchida) / 11.28
These shining lights continue to connect the centuries of culture & community The family gravestones go back so far the
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Personal Musings
Diary: usual days / summer’s end 2020 (ophthalmologist, peanut butter, cats, coins, plans)
This summer was a splendid fog of humid waves of action welcoming baby Ichiro amongst *all the world*. Yet, remains
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Diary: Closing Circles with Stones ~ Grandmother to the Ohaka
Aug 19th was 49 days after Ryoko’s Grandmother Tomiko passed away at 94 years old, 6 days after baby Ichiro
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Diary: Introducing Ichiro to maternal great-grandfather Fujii at Ohaka
Ryoko’s mother’s family name is Fujii, not to be confused with Father’s family name Fujita. Recently, paternal grandmother passed away,
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Diary: Otoosan’s (FiL) 65th Birthday
Happy Birthday to this fun-loving, shogi-playing, loud-talking, curry-making, sweet & kind (with great head of hair), retired civil engineer and
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Ichiro: 1 Month / 23.7.2020 (shrine, grave and various annotations)
July 23, 2020 Ichiro Stanley Thorvald Olson hit the one month mark since birth. For the record: born June 23,
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Ichiro: card #13 “generations” #Tomiko / 5.7
Ichiro Olson, card # 13 “Generations” / 5.7 The past few days we’ve witnessed a powerful transition of life as
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Ryoko’s paternal grandparents, Ichiro and Tomiko
Ryoko’s paternal Grandparents Ichiro & Tomiko / wedding photo. My kin. Notes: Getting ready for the wedding, put together a
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Okayama Regular Life, spring-ish / ramen, friends, singing, coffees, shrine, farm, graves etc.
After all the friends came and went from the wedding festivities in April (including a hospital stay by one intrepid