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High School Reunion
On Sunday Ken’s high school friends had a wonderful lunch together in a great Japanese restaurant in Kagurazaka. It was a happy/sad occasion saying goodbye to all these good people. The only problem was that after the lunch the street where the restaurant is located was closed to traffic. Ken needed to walk a…
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Last Day of School
Friday was Graduation and the last day of school at Nishimachi. Eleven 9th graders graduated and each gave a speech in both Japanese and English to a gymnasium full of proud parents. The girls wore kimonos and the boys wore haori hakamas. Each one was so articulate and funny and poignant. Yumiko played in…
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A Peace Offering
Well, dear reader, thanks to my good friends Kate and Maryann and my dear sister Nancy, I feel SO MUCH BETTER today than I did yesterday. I turned over a new leaf and put together a calendar for 2010 using photographs from Arisugawa Park. I ordered five copies – one for each of the…
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Arisugawa and the Fishermen
I’m not sure if I am going to be able to articulate what happened yesterday, but let me try. This story began when we first got to Japan last August. Yumiko goes to a school two miles from our apartment. At first she took the train, but one morning Ken’s brother Tokuya San showed…
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The Graduation Dance
It was pouring rain (again) at 6:30 last night when Yumiko left to go to the graduation dance. She looked beautiful – even if I do have “parental stupidity” as my brother in-law says. She wore her new dress and a pretty silk shaw. Her hair was up with a thin gold necklace around…
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Yumiko and the Caterpillar
Tonight is the big graduation dance at Yumiko’s school. She’s never been to a dance before, so everybody is a little nervous. We went shopping and found a beautiful long green sleeveless dress with a halter top and a pretty ruffle at the bottom. She will wear her first pair of high heeled shoes…
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Hairs on End
I found a great little spider this morning crouching behind a leaf and watching me with his four eyes as I put my lens up to his face. Just as I was about to get a better shot he jumped and ran away. Oh, what could have been….. (Click on his picture to…
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Brooks Brothers
Ken and I have had a wonderfully relaxed time in terms of dressing while here in Tokyo. In fact, each time we go out walking I always feel as if we are the MOST relaxed looking of anyone in all of Japan. In other words, we have worn the same jeans and shirts and…
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The Macro Lens is Back!!
The Nikon Service Center called yesterday and said my macro lens was back in business . Oh how I missed those bugs for too many days. This morning, although still raining, I got up at 5:00 and stalked a wet fly on a wet leaf and here is what I got.
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The Group Shot
This week’s photo assignment was to take candid group shots. Our teacher suggested each of us invite a few friends over for a party and take photographs. Well let me tell you, I really didn’t think I would be able to do it. First, I don’t know anyone well enough to invite over for…