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  • Shikoku-byo & scroll At each temple on the pilgrimage I did this past June-July (in case you are just joining), I paid 300 yen to have my book stamped and signed. I also received a small slip of paper with the temp…

  • Goodbye Japan Got to hang out with my friend Nolita again... hooray! She is very cool, I'm glad we've kept in touch. The food fest was far from over yet. Our appetizer, not very appetizing Delicious sashimi…

  • Food fest 2009 Another day, we had a beach BBQ with some of Sukko's friends and their families. Sukko has a jet ski, which Kyohei just loves ...but I would rather stay on the beach and drink. You have to love…

  • Kyohei (back) in Japan I was so happy when Kyohei finally got to Japan. In preparation, his mom taped these notes to the car to remind Kyohei to drive on the left-hand side of the road. She even wrote the hiragana …

  • HomecomingI rode the highway bus from Namba, Osaka directly to Miki, where my old friend Kazuno lives. I was insta-happy when I saw her waiting in the car on the side of the highway. The last time I saw her and her hus…

  • ship off Its my last night in PA. THAT went fast. Unfortunately I didn't take too many photos--except Dad and I at the NRA banquet on Saturday night. good times in NW PA. Actually, compared to the banquet I went to …

  • final countdown, da dum!!.... well almost. I'm back home in beautiful NW Pennsylvania to visit the family until Tuesday when I will leave for Japan. I've only been home for 24 hours and I've already: visited my brother…

  • facebook & blacksheep confirmation I'm pretty sure I just spent the first hour at work on facebook. In my defense, no one else is here and I have nothing to do anyway.... I've recently found a few cousins on faceb…

  • another reason to be on facebook I'm not sure how I did on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Some parts I felt really confident about and some parts I felt like I was almost randomly guessing. I won't find out un…

  • 1108Kyohei's mom sent me this book, which I received today: 四国八十八ヶ所を歩く旅 In case you can't read Japanese, its a guidebook for the 88 temple pilgrimage that I am planning to undertake, God willing, this spring. Interesti…

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