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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Tokyo and Ginza
 Actually, the sign says, “Ginza Yamato.” I’m having trouble finding anything that connects the famous Ginza district with “Yamato,” and I don’t feel like digging out my kanji jibiki (Japanese dictionary) to find out which of any number of homonym … Continue reading
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Road trip in northern Japan
Here’s some photos of the countryside, old temples, houses, and a mill with a water wheel, all sights I saw on a road trip I took — one I have absolutely no memory of. No … Continue reading
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Photoshopping before computers
What did people do to manipulate images before computers? Above is an example of what my father did. He made the family Christmas Cards with a camera, a darkroom and developing chemicals, and a little creativity. So, how did he do … Continue reading
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Strongest earthquake in Oklahoma recorded history
You just can’t imagine it until you’ve been through it–fifty-six on the scale … no, wait … where did I put my decimal places … ah, yes, here they are. Correction: five point six.
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Sapporo mou sukoshi dewa kaerimasho
After seeing just a few more sights in Sapporo and sampling their food and drink (and how readily some establishments would take advantage of us gaijin), we took the train from Hokkaido back through the undersea tunnel to Honshu and … Continue reading
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(I’m) Back in Sapporo again
We’re winding down to the end of the 40th Sapporo Yuki Matsuri. I’ll be showing you only a couple of ice sculptures in this posting, but we’ll also take a look at some of the other scenes Sapporo has to … Continue reading
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