Golden week in Japan is especially long this year because of the change in eras. On April 30, 2019, Emperor Akihito stepped down, the first emperor to do so in around 200 years. His son, (now Emperor) Naruhito stepped up on May 1, 2019. Because of that, and because golden week has holidays anyway, this […]
In Japan, having a hanami, or flower viewing party is very popular around springtime, especially for the brief time that the sakura flowers blossom. I tagged along to one that the other ALTs were having today. I was somehow a couple hours late, but I still had time to take a few pictures before everything
I didn`t get any of my pictures from winter vacation posted yet, so I am going to go back and try to get at least some of them up. Starting with the doll photos from before I even left Japan! On Dec. 16th I went to a big event called a Doll Party (I`ve been
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I just realized how bad I`ve been about keeping up a blog. ^^;; Well, I never did say it was my strong point. I have the bad habit of writing entries in my head then forgetting to actually put them down… Anyway, I wanted to share a few more pictures from my day trip yesterday,
‘Dolpa` is what the company Volks calls their doll`s parties. I went to one yesterday up in Sendai…and it was the first one they`d had in Sendai since the earthquake and tsunami 7 years ago. I spent way too much money, of course (though than I thought I would). I was super tempted by one
Living in Fukushima Prefecture, I have found that when I tell someone that that`s where I live, I get a response along the lines of “But isn`t Japan radioactive?” Mostly from foreigners, but occasionally from Japanese people, if I meet them outside the prefecture, there`s the misconception, “Isn`t Fukushima radioactive?” In a quick answer: Fukushima
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It`s occurred to me recently that the whole reason that I started this blog was to find ways to keep magic in everyday life. And then when the other blog became intertwined with this one due to lack of photo space, I think I lost sight of that a little. And it`s not that I
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So… to start, the middle of last week, I realized that the rescue doll I rescued needed new s-hooks because the ones she came with were rusting. I tried to order them online, but the website told me something about how my phone number and membership number (for Volks) didn’t match. That being the case,
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This year, golden week was a little split. The first holiday was a monday, but then the next two days, tuesday and wednesday, were working days! so I headed down to Tokyo on Thursday. I finally figured out the trick to make the bus ride shorter…get off at the first stop. XD Once in Tokyo,
At least, that`s what it felt like! (Also, side note. I`ve never been quite sure what the policy should be on sharing people`s names, so I think I`ve been doing a weird mix of not saying their name at all or making one up. I think it may be easiest that anyone I have on
