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2-7-21 Ai Ai Building and The Itchy Ear
Finding places in Tokyo is no easy feat. Today, Yumiko needed to go to the ear doctor. She has had an itchy inner ear problem for a few days and we knew we had to get to the ear doctor or she would go crazy. (See Photo for the Itchy Ear) So yesterday when…
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Snow and Cherry Trees
It snowed today!! Ken says it never snows in Tokyo anymore, but it snowed today. Earlier this morning before the snow, I was in YoYogi Park and captured a few cherry trees that were in full bloom. I was glad to see the snow, but I will really be happy when Spring arrives.
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Beautiful Izu Peninsula
It’s now Thursday afternoon and Ken and I are back from our three day adventure at a little Japanese Inn on the Izu Peninsula in the town of Atagawa. Yumiko had a five day ski trip with her 7th grade class this week and won’t be back until Friday, so we thought we too…
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Weekend and Week Ahead
On Saturday we visited a “Cat Cafe” in downtown Tokyo. A Cat Cafe is a place where you go in, have a cup of coffee and pet the many cats who are wondering around the room. Not as much fun as you would think. I kind of felt sorry for the cats and they,…
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Tall, Skinny, Naked, Long Legged Running Tree
It rained all night last night and most of the day today. I learned that a great time to take photographs is in the rain. Everything is more vibrant and colorful. So, after breakfast, I put on my raincoat, tucked my camera in its bag, grabbed my tripod and umbrella and Yumiko and I…
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Green Parrots in Arisugawa Park
Had fun today with the start of a new week’s photo assignment. This week it’s all about composition. I started by taking photos of a duck in a pond at Arisugawa. While I was photographing the duck standing up and flapping his wings, I noticed two large green parrots flying high in the tree…
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Bushy Eyebrows, Oily Hair and Rotating Trees
Today Ken and I went back to the father and son dentist team to have a second day of cleaning. I am so hoping that the custom in Japan is to have a two day cleaning appointment. The first day is for the bottom teeth and the second for the top. Either that, or…
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Arisugowa And Accupuncture
Today, after breakfast, I walked with Yumiko to school and then veered off into Arisugowa Park. Arisugowa is a beautiful park filled with streams and paths and steps and waterfalls and beautiful trees. I go there a lot. Today I met my friend Joe – a woman from Taiwan who feeds the stray…
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Another Wonderful Sky
It was like Spring today. Ken and I walked around the neighborhood and can see all the buds on the tree branches beginning to swell. Oh, I love it. Kind of wish I were home to see our garden. Oh well… Just before dinner I saw the clouds in the sky again just looking…
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Ballet and Blossoms
It has been quite a weekend. Yesterday – Valentine’s Day – was Yumiko’s ballet performance at U-Port theatre in downtown Tokyo. We were worried that she might be too sick to perform. She’s never ever sick, but two days ago, she woke up sick as a dog with a fever, cough, headache and pale…