Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Climate change - or is it just the weather - influencing neighborhood summer activities; Radio Taiso cancelled due to the heat; a subdued Jizo-bon due to the typhoon

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It's been mighty warm this summer in my neighborhood and other parts of Japan and the world. Usually at the end of August neighbors g...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Jalan Jalan (13): Another lost item or a thoughtful gesture to leave an umbrella in a handy place for use in the upcoming typhoon?

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Sometimes the classics still get it so right...

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Saw this in the newspaper this morning... Really captures my feelings as the semester looms near... Source: https://www.gocomics.com/pe...
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Monday, August 13, 2018

Jalan Jalan (12): Some images from earlier walks as the extreme and unending heat makes jalan jalan a challenge these days...

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This is not the long, hot summer of years past... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CAzwewVjZ0
Sunday, August 12, 2018

"A Front-Page Insult to People With Disabilities"

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A New York Times opinion piece (7/26/18) - thanks to JH for the heads-up on this one. [T]he cover of The New York Post on Thursday — th...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Jalan Jalan (11): These boots were made for walking...

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Jalan Jalan (10): Summer greenery doing better than our morning glories...

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

"A Japanese Photographer’s View of Life in His Family’s One-Room Home"

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Image and text borrowed from The New Yorker , 6/9/18. Thanks to GW via EASIANTH for the heads-up on this great piece. The Yamamoto fa...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018

"Okayama photo studio offers to clean rain-damaged photos"

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Photo and story from The Japan Times , 8/1/18. A photo studio in Okayama Prefecture has offered to restore — free of charge — photos d...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Kayashima Jinja Summer Festival: Mikoshi Procession Viewed from the Cool(er) Convenience of My Window

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With the heat wave hovering around 38C (100F) it was decided to view the summer festival mikoshi from home this year... Previou...