Posted on February 15, 2009 by chibaraki
春一番 haruichiban, the first winds of spring came to Japan this weekend. Saturday was remarkably warm, and put away my scarf and enjoyed the sunshine. On Saturday morning, when we were passing the Abiko stationfront in bright sunshine, we saw the monument to Taisho Period artists, and my friend mentioned that some of the houses [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by chibaraki
明けましておめでとうございます。 今年もよろしくお願いいたします。Happy new year 2009, the year of the ox! Japan Post provides beautiful free images for your 年賀はがき, nengahagaki, or new year post cards. Here’s mine to you. The bull or ox year What this year has in store, it’s anybody’s guess.
However, the classic game of Jan Ken Pon, or Rock, Scissors, Paper isn’t the [...]
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