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Today is the Day!!
In about five hours Yumiko and I will go by taxi to the Shinganji Temple in Tokyo where we will have a private ceremony to bury the second half of Ken’s ashes. In attendance will be Ken’s sister Takae San and her immediate family and Ken’s sister-in-law Sumiko Kono and her immediate family. I…
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Miracle Visit to Japan
It’s Thursday afternoon, June 2. I’m here in the family room with Ken and we are both finally getting over a very heavy case of jet lag. We got home on May 31 from an incredible trip to Tokyo. Many friends and family thought we were totally crazy for even attempting a trip like…
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Noisy Little Thrush in Aoyama Cemetery
I found this wonderful little bird and many of his cousins in Aoyama Cemetery in late December. Click for a better view.
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Yumiko and Sonia at the Meiji Shrine
Our last day in Tokyo and Yumiko and Sonia visited the Meiji Shrine. We will be back home on Tuesday. See you then!!
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We Just Arrived in Tokyo
We are finally here in our little room on the 14th floor of our hotel in Downtown Tokyo. This is the scene from our window. Ken has been here for a week and Yumiko and I just arrived after 20 hours in route. The plane in Chicago had a broken part, so we waited…
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Western Bathrooms and Cherry Blossoms
It’s early Saturday morning, April 4. (Another sleep-over tonight for Yumiko. For those of you who have been following that saga, I’ll report on that tomorrow.) Ken’s brother Tokuya San is in the hospital. He had elective surgery on a hernia about three days ago. Here in Japan if you have even a simple…
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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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My First Entry
O.K. boys and girls. This is my first blog entry. I am sitting here in our little apartment in Tokyo. It is now 7:05 a.m. It is Friday morning, January 23 and we will all be having a little breakfast in about five minutes. Then Yumiko and I will walk the two miles to…