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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [2485] | Comments [2]
Megumi and I tried out Clover Cafe near our apartment for lunch. We had their "healthy lunch" set. I love the attention to detail the Japanese as a culture as a whole gives to food presentation! Bottom left: sticky "brown rice"... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [3991]
Yesterday was a busy and exciting day! We had a solar eclipse at 11am here to start things off. It's the longest total solar eclipse we'll have in the 21st century. On Okinawa we had 80% of a total solar eclipse, so for a little over 6 minutes we ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery
These flowers were blooming when I arrived a year ago, now here they are again.
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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By katie_rose | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By katie_rose | Views [2647] | Comments [3]
Hi everybody, Well I am back travelling again, and yes I am a lucky girl!!!! It is so exciting to be back roaming around getting lost and sweating in the process. So I have travelled from Sydney to Singapore which will be my home for the next year ... Read more >
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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [3424]
Saturday, Brandon took me out for lunch at the Ramen shop in American Village. I had some very good Okinawan fried rice and Brandon had beef ramen. The ramen here is a far cry from the stove-top ramen Americans are used to...come to think of it, we ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Photo Gallery
Summer Festival weekend
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Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1668] | Comments [1] | Video
The Japanese call Kokura the "Lucky City". Apparently the pilot of the B29 with the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" was told to only drop it if he had clear skies and could see the target. Despite three runs at the target the cloud held ... Read more >
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Fri, 17 Jul 2009 | By peter_allen | Views [957]
Last week I got a written memo from my vice principal that had the times for the closing ceremonies at elementary and junior high. 9:20 and 10:45 am respectvely. So today, when I was sitting at my desk at 8:43 I was confused when he rushed over to me, ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 | By peter_allen | Photo Gallery
pics from the last official day of classes
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [777]
We have no idea what kind of crustacean this was, but what a surpise to find it outside our garage. From what we can tell, it was decapitated by 3rd Floor's garage door and somehow the rest of it ended up on the road in front of our garage. We both ... Read more >
Tue, 14 Jul 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [780]
We just don't get tired of watching (and photographing) the sun setting over the Sea. We posted a few other pics in the gallery. ---Arielle
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