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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Personal Musings
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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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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Personal Musings
Diary: Okayama Out n About / castle, samurai, lunch etc
On Remembrance Day, Nov. 11 2019, as there are no memorial cenotaphs in my home area of Okayama, i set
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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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