Diary: New Year’s Morning + Day / Reiwa 2, Let’s Enjoy!
Well hello 2020. Let’s enjoy. Step 1 (or 2) #japanlife
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Personal Musings
Diary: New Year’s Day Reiwa 2, Shrine Visit
Off to the shrine on New Year’s morning, in this case to a smallish local shrine called 天津神社北側参道 / Achi
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Days Before New Year’s Eve / Lead-up Activities + Goodnight Year of the Boar
Well, the days between Christmas and New Year’s aren’t really a thing per se in Japan as Christmas is just
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Collections of Artifacts
Artifacts: Cameras (various), with thoughts about impermanence
Here’s looking at you future past… (As seen while dropping off expired 35 mm film for developing, something mildly recursive
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Personal Musings
Annotations re: Star Wars IX and personal historical notes
A few remarks regarding Star Wars IX “The Rise of Skywalker“ #NoSpoilers Empathy is the greatest power or attribute worth
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary / Museum: Tea ceremony, PM Inukai house + grave & trains plus citrus fruits
One of these two is a former Prime Minister who was assassinated while his house guest Charlie Chaplin (also allegedly
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Diary: Maniwa Out n About / hot springs hotel, bowling, agri-garden and lonely stations
Coffee stand, cute and tiny (clad with olden board) at the Agri-garden market area in town of Maniwa Ryoko was
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Personal Musings
Diary: Kinome make gardens for people (in a parking lot)
Ryoko has her own small company doing tree trimming, garden planning and various workshops (like tree trimming for seniors) and
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Kurashiki Out n About + Musings about changes, economics and entrepreneurship
The magical art city of Kurashiki was holding a Jazz Street event with loads of bands playing at various venues
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Picking up rice
One day in late October, we were invited by a relative to pick up a bag of freshly-harvested rice for
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Video Dim Sum
Fire On Broadway! Firefighters Douse a Sofa Store & Restaurant
One morning, while going for coffee we came across a fire just underway at a sofa store and Japanese/Korean restaurant.
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Vancouver Dossier
Fusion Festival 2008: Where the Folk are the Audience
Note: This article was written as a “Special Dispatch” for Miss604.com – published in July 2008 while Rebecca and John were
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Video Dim Sum
BC Ferries in the Strait
Looking towards Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast behind from a park in Horesehoe Bay, West Van, BC as Ferries
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Video Dim Sum
Vancouver Polar Bear Swim at English Bay, 2009
On New Year’s Day 2009, I stroll along Vancouver’s Seawall towards English Beach to witness the annual Polar Bear swim
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Transit Chronicles, Video Dim Sum
Seabus Station Evacuated due to Smoking Vessel
Seabus Station Evacuated due to Smoking Vessel The Seabus (not sure if it was the Otter or the Beaver) began
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Video Dim Sum
Working the Snowy Festivus Tree Lot
While a snowstorm dumps on Vancouver, Dave checks in while doing volunteer work at a holiday tree lot at Ikea
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