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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…
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Busy Day at the Doctor’s Office
We had a busy day today. I woke up early and took the 5:18 a.m. subway to the Imperial Palace to try and find great light for dawn photographs. I…
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Cloudy Sky
Late in the afternoon today as I was walking back from the grocery store I noticed that the sky was quite dark and brooding. The light was great. So I…
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Nezu
This morning I took the train from Omotesando Station to Nezu with Ken’s brother Tokuya San. It was rush hour – about 8:00 and the train was packed solid. Tokuya,…
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Tokyo at Dawn
I got up early this morning determined to find my way to the Imperial Palace before dawn. I took the subway and got there just in time as the sun…
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Mt. Asama – Volcano that Erupted Last Week
Last Thursday Ken and I got up early and took the bullet train to Sakudaira near Nagano in Central Japan. When we walked out of the train station, right…
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Yumiko’s Savings Account
Ken has mostly only good things to say about Japan and its culture, and I would agree. However after yesterday’s little incident at the bank, he may have changed his…
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Yumiko Backlit in Japan
Last weekend Yumiko posed for a few backlighting photographs on the windowsill in our hotel room at the Maza Prince Hotel in Northern Japan. She is a true sport.
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Almost Arrested at the Meiji Shrine
Yesterday I walked to the Meiji Shrine to see if I could get a good photograph of one of the interior hallways within the shrine itself. My photo school assignment…
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Lazy Saturday
It’s a lazy Saturday afternoon. Yumiko is at ballet practice. Ken is writing for the Japanese Newsletter and I am here at the computer looking at photos I took today for my class.…