December 17, 2011
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150 yen for a full head of Chinese cabbage! Direct from the field. Click to enlarge the photo and you’ll see another, bigger hakusai on the bottom shelf. Can you see the farmer in the shadows? He’s minding the … Continue reading
August 23, 2011
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Before Big Sister left Japan in June for university, she and I had teatime at “Afternoon Tea”, a place that serves lunch and tea with cakes or scones. An adjoining shop sells tea and a variety of things. This … Continue reading
August 23, 2011
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Within weeks after the East Japan earthquake and tsunami March 2011, UniQlo had a big display of specially designed T-shirts in the middle of their store in Sesekisakuragaoka on the Keio line. Celebrities including Lady GAGA and Nicole Kidman … Continue reading
April 21, 2011
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a small Japanese inn overlooking the sea where I stayed 22 years ago, small tree-covered islands dotting the shoreline, a small shrine, tourist boats where you could feed the seagulls, (oil refineries in the background), hotels and a tourist … Continue reading
April 9, 2011
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I called my mom yesterday to wish her a happy birthday. My cousin had something she wanted to tell me. She works for an elementary school in Duncanville, Texas where a class of fourth graders decided on their own to … Continue reading
April 4, 2011
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St. Mary’s International School, Tokyo is collecting the following from their community of students, parents, teachers, and staff: Toy Collection – Organized by Cub Scout Pack 15 under the direction of Mr. Dave Nakabayashi – Donations will be sent … Continue reading
April 2, 2011
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Tsukuba International School (http://www.tis.ac.jp) in Ibaraki, Japan has collected food for the people in Kita-Ibaraki. The name of the earthquake in popular media is “Tohoku Earthquake”, but parts of Ibaraki (the prefecture where my school is) have been seriously affected … Continue reading
April 1, 2011
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ASIJ, the American School in Japan, has partnered with Tama Church and Second Harvest Japan to deliver emergency aid directly to the effected regions hit by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th. Many things have been collected and boxed … Continue reading
March 17, 2011
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Noriko Kudoh, a Japanese children’s book author and illustrator, has published over twenty humorous children’s stories and manga books. She and her artist husband, Toshiyuki Kudoh, created a blogsite for children called Buch. The site is in Japanese and includes … Continue reading
March 12, 2011
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At our house, the March 11th earthquake was about a 6 on the Japanese scale. We were very lucky that we didn’t have any damage and no one was hurt. There are a few things sitting around that could have … Continue reading