Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
I have a special radar fine-tuned for the red umbrellas that signal Japanese tea ceremony. I spotted one across the irises at the Sawara Aquatic Botanical Garden and had beelined over before I knew what was happening. There was a bowl of tea with my name on it! This exquisite, hand-painted iris tea bowl held…
Surprise! Chris managed to be home the weekend before our FOURTH anniversary! That’s right, we have earned a Bachelor’s degree in marriage, and that’s no B.S.! ha ha ha….Anyway, we wanted to celebrate in a relaxing and fun way, so we had a lazy morning around the house playing video games and drinking coffee, then…
Odaru ahou ni Miru ahou Onaji ahou nara Odarana son son!! .The dancers are fools Those watching are fools They are fools the same So why not dance?Summer in Japan can be defined in one word for me: DANCE!! Since late May a handful of Americans have been showing up at the JMSDF Chidori-ren dance…
Japanese tea time is at 10am and 3pm—that’s when many people break for green tea. Warm mornings are still a novelty at this point, so I skipped the green tea for a pot of Lupicia’s Alphonso Mango tea with half an avocado divided between two slices of wheat toast, topped with a dash of salt,…
I walked into an antique place—one of those places Luke used to call ‘Crafts and Crap’—and thought, “who would collect teacups? Laaaaaaaame.” That was a long time ago. I still do not collect tea cups…but as I travel around flea markets and stuff, especially when I’m doing buying for the shop, I can’t help but…
So I want to give our squadron some good press but I also don’t want Chris to read my posts and say, “You can’t say that! Security sensitive information top secret security operation security etc etc!!” That is why I haven’t mentioned anything happening since Luke and Amber’s visit. We dropped them off at the…
If I had the opportunity to head west of Kyoto once again I would completely skip the depressing peace park (don’t hate—I’ve put in my time) and go straight to the coast. From Hiroshima Station it’s just 400 yen for 30 minutes down the coast by train, then 170 yen (less than $2US) to board…
