A Year in Himeji, Japan
Friday, August 15, 2008
Let's enjoy sparklers!
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I thought my last post would be the last, but I have to tell you about Obon. Obon is a three day long holiday for worshipping ancestors. Ma...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
One man's treasure is another man's...
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Gomi ! Gomi was one of the first Japanese words I learned when I arrived. It means garbage, generally. But there are all kinds of gomi, as I...
August 12 on 12 - Last memories
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I leave Japan in 5 days so I have been running around taking photos of all the things I've been meaning to take photos of for the last y...
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Nagasaki (August 1 and 2)
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Back in Japan, I had one more place high on my to-see list: Nagasaki. The 63rd anniversary of the atomic bomb drop on Nagasaki was just the...
Saturday, August 9, 2008
the DMZ and North Korea (July 29th)
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On the 29th, I took a USO tour to the DMZ . I have to admit I knew little to nothing about North Korea except that the US is always wigged o...
Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung Palaces in Seoul, Korea (July 28 and 30)
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On the 28th, I visited Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. It's a huge palace compound right smack in the middle of downtown Seoul. It was c...
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