Kate’s Quests

The sign reads, “A map former than this.” And I love that instead of YOU ARE HERE, it says, “It is the ground here.” I was just glad that I wasn’t standing in the pond!

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I love that you can get anything from a vending machine. You can get underwear, batteries, ties, shirts, beer, cigarettes, sake, and just about anything else you can think of. It’s so awesome!

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DJ and I went to visit Okinawa because he had some work to do down there. It’s the southern island of Japan and there is a bit more space there. It’s a tad bit more tropical and there are sugar plantations and palm trees everywhere. It doesn’t get as cold there in the winter, but [...]

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This is about the fifth time I’ve had to get the Mini jumped. It’s a 1992 Mini Rover (basically a Mini Cooper before BMW bought Rover out) and there is no signal to let you know that you’ve left the lights on. There’s a 2km tunnel right before you get to the house and you [...]

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The house is shaking…so much so that while I was laying in bed, I could feel the house moving and swaying. What a creepy feeling. We still have power and everything is fine. It’s a small typhoon, so that’s good. The eye is supposed to pass over us soon and we’ll see how the rest [...]

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One of the best parts of living in Japan are the T-Shirts. They’re awesome. This says, “Devil confront it with courage groan in the may that I lose temptation strongly have a heart” This one says, “This is diversity of my memory.” And finally, “Happiness. I want to look all the time the smile that [...]

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It says, “Welcome to the Ice Shop. Your the crown of the head suffered direct hit you will enjoy the cool breeze.”Sounds like some painful flavored ice!

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This candy was in a shop in Hakone. It says, “Being exposed to the refreshing breeze, I am experiencing comfortable feeling in nature. I will go out together with someone again.” Enjoy your pink crunch chocolate !

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Mom came to visit August 17th and she’ll leave in a couple of days. Hence the reason I haven’t blogged in awhile…we’ve been doing stuff. We’ve seen the sights around the house, we’ve gone to Kamakura, Yokohama, Tokyo, Hakone and Kisoji. Hakone was the big trip so I’ll start with that. We stayed at a [...]

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