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A way for me to communicate across the ocean and to try to put what I see everyday in Japan down in words and pictures. Here is Japan.
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The More Mitsu, the Better!
Last time I went to the grocery store I saw a fruit being displayed. I didn't know what it was, so I asked my wife and was surprised when she said it was an apple. I usually cut an apple from the top down vertically, but this one was cut across th...
Back Home Across the Pacific
This year I'm heading back home for Christmas. Well, not home really, but back to the U.S. This will be my first time back to the States in three whole years. More depressingly, it will be only my second time out of Tohoku in two and a half years. ...
The Man and the Santa Clause
To help get the citizens of Sendai in the holiday spirit, there is a giant Santa Clause in Kotodai Koen (brought to you by the friendly folks at Hitachi). I went downtown the other night and took some pictures, and I stopped in Kotodai to get some ...
Jozenji Starlight Pageant
Every year Jozenji Street in Sendai is decked out in lights. Every year the lights are put up, and just the same they come down after the holidays. (This year the pageant is from December 15th to the 31st.) If you look online, there is no shortage o...
The Birds
On my way home from Morioka, I had to stop off at a parking area to take a bathroom break. After coming out of the bathroom, the sky filled with crows. They were everywhere. I have never seen The Birds, but I imagine that what I witnessed was somet...
Capture the Heat
I was reading CNET.com, and there was an article about how a data center is going underground in Helsinki to save and supply power at the same time. I think this is awesome, and Japan could and should do this. Right now, a lot of data centers in Ja...
