Rainy Days and Mae Maes #video
Rainy Days in Japan brings a cute new video from my wife’s band Mae Maes for song called “Ame” (rain). […]
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Video Dim Sum
Cottage: Desks Cuddling Up Splendidly
Our two desks seem to be cozying up splendidly {so cute together! almost watching wood grain} We just picked up
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Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Holiday “Kojo Piano Club” Friends Music Party
Note: In the day’s between / around New Year’s – there are plenty of activities… today’s activities include hanged up
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Parties + Events + Invites
Mae Maes / gig in Tamano, March, 4, 2020 #poster
Konnichi-Mae! Ryoko and her bandmates have a showcase gig coming up in March in Tamano with a variety of guests
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Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Concert with Mae Maes and Friends
On Dec. 22nd at a store in Tsudaka, Okayama, Ryoko and her Mae Maes bandmates held a Christmas concert with
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Eve, Day and Boxing in Okayama, 2019
Christmas isn’t really an “event” in Japan, more of a marketing campaign and a prelude to New Year’s Eve which
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Christmas Forthcoming / out n about and at home in Okayama, 2019
We headed out on some errands to return the felt sheets used in the tea ceremony at assassinated Prime minster
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Video Dim Sum
Mae Maes – Ryoko’s band at Mukunomi Fureai Matsuri
[videopress pk72nzXf] Konnichi-Mae! To complete the trifecta of tunes from Saturday’s Matsuri comes my favourite! Ryoko’s band Mae Maes played
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Autumn Miscellany, scenes of “regular life” in Okayama
A few years ago (or less), each day was quite tough. Now, each day i deal with pain and confusion
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Thrift Store annotation
Reason number 182 I love Japan life: thrift stores/recycle shops are absolutely fantastic! This one features racks and racks of
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Autumn Miscellany / coffee, ramen, sandwiches, Godzilla, peach tree, ikebana…
While dispatches and re-caps of various outings and events exist elsewhere in this archive, life is so wonderful right now
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Setouchi Out n About / community arts festival with Mae Maes
I tagged along with Ryoko and her Mae Maes band for a gig in Setouchi at a community centre. There
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Kurashiki / handmade market with Mae Maes + pet show
Ryoko’s band Mae Maes had a performance lined up at a handmade goods market fair at a convention centre type
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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