Kate’s Quests

A friend and I went to the Hard Off. You may remember me talking about it here. Anyway, I bought some Japanese dishes that I thought were gorgeous. What do you think?
The platters:

Here are the normal bowls:

And smaller bowl with a lip:

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I wanted to leave Japan with some unique Japanese furniture and last Thursday the opportunity presented itself at a Bazaar.  We bought a jewelry box, a tonsu and a bar.  The woman selling the furniture told us that the brass on the bar is over 100 years old, a lotus and promotes peace and harmony.  [...]

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We got a new channel the other day on JCom.  They did away with the Reality TV (we never watched it since they usually only played episodes of Cheaters and court room dramas..yikes).  So we got the SciFi channel, which would thrill my dad and my father in law if they were here.  And since [...]

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Friday night I got a call from D.J.  They were in port, but weren’t allowed to leave the ship because they were finishing up the exercise.  Shara got home that day as well and came to meet Michelle and I for dinner at the Daiei.  She stayed at our house that night and I had [...]

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I don’t have any classes at school this week, so I’ve had a bit of extra free time. In that time I decided to do a bit of cooking. I’ve made a couple of recipes from Renee Loux’s book and they have been yummy. But, I also decided to make a big [...]

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The temperature has been hanging out in the upper 60’s and low 70’s. Although at the moment it’s chilly and clouds are moving out after the night rain, I have a feeling it’ll be another beautiful day. And I took some photos as I walked to the train station the other day, [...]

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I saw this article on the BBC news and just had to post it.  As if coming across a bear in a darkened alley wasn’t frightening enough…now we’ve got one with a rap sheet.

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I’m very excited because I finally got my camera!  I ordered it around Christmas, but it first had to go to my father-in-law due to shipping restrictions and then he sent it to us.  And it took the slow boat over so it took awhile.  But it’s here!  Yea! I got a Nikon D40x and [...]

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I just love presents. I had a student today who told me last week that she was going to bring a purse for me to send to my mother as a get well gift. At the time I was hoping that the purse wasn’t too nice because I wasn’t sure I’d be able [...]

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Japanese children start kindergarten at age 3 and end at age 5 or 6.  But, their school buses totally rock.  I wish I had gotten to ride to school in one of these as a kid.  How fun would that be?!

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