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Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [968] | Comments [1]
Anyone who has the pleasure of seeing my Mama on November 25, please give her a big hug for me and wish her a very happy big five-oh!!! Sorry we can't be there to celebrate with her in person, but Mama, we love you, we miss you, and if you were here.... Read more >
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1491]
Megumi and I tried out a tiny, four table Thai restaurant for lunch today. I'd never eaten Thai before and Megumi had only had it once. Let's just say it was an adventure. Although I specifically ordered the "least spicy" thing on the menu ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 | By lol | Views [1311]
After a solid week in Beijing, we decided to go on vacation to Japan. Lovely country – highly recommended. We will definitely go back here – next time hopefully knowing some more Japanese. Trip overview Day Where? ... Read more >
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 | By shorn | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery
Winter festival
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [6660] | Comments [6]
Today's Japanese word for today is "kumo," meaning spider. ("Kumo" also means cloud, but for this posting, we're talking about spiders.) While "kumo" is the generic word for spider, in this case we are referring to a large, ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 | By shorn | Views [536]
The flight from Shanghai to Fukuoka is only 1.5 hrs - how different can they be? Japan is very much different from China. The Japanese don't use street numbers and names in their addresses. I knew this. I've known it for years and always thought ... Read more >
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 | By lol | Views [694] | Comments [7]
Caught this beauty when we were strolling along the bay in Hiroshima. Not sure if it is an eagle, a hawk or something else. Does anyone know? Best, Lars
Sun, 15 Nov 2009 | By stacey_levy | Views [413]
ANOTHER MORNING ANOTHER TRAIN, THIS TIME ONLY A SHORT ONE TO UNIVERSAL STUDIO JAPAN, WHEN WE WOKE UP OUT OF OUR CAPUSULE BED WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT AND WE WHERE TOLD CHECK OUT WAS AT 10 THERE WAS NO ONE WORKING AT THE DESK SO WE DECIDED TO JUST THROUGH ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1823] | Comments [2]
While Brandon and I were out Christmas shopping, we came across this wonderfully, hilarious sign. I've always said the Japanese culture is an extremely polite one. They even go so far as to label themselves "selfish" when they close their ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1785] | Comments [2]
I promised a few posts ago (okay, it's been a while) that I'd explain a bit of the difference between our Okinawa ramen and the slightly scary ramen noodles I may, or may not, have lived off during my college years. :) We've actually been surprised ... Read more >
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [872] | Comments [2]
My wonderful husband doesn't like pumpkin (I KNOW - I couldn't believe it either!), so I compromised. I made pumpkin-shaped (thank you for the cookie cutter, Daddy!) Gramma's Sour Cream Cutout Cookies and tinted the frosting orange. Happy early Thanksgiving, ... Read more >
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By parisephone | Views [460] | Comments [2]
So after spending half a day on the train and getting the wrong directions by two different people we decided to give up on our origional plan of going to an aquarium and just do the onsen thing. Seeing as a couple blocks to us the worlds largest onsen ... Read more >
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