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Gaijin Versus the Volcano

Posted on Sunday, March 4th, 2007, at 9:42 PM

This is part 3 of a series of posts retro-blogging my trip to Japan in January.

Tuesday, January 9th

We woke up to the alarm on my rental keitai at 5:30 to blistering heat. For those who don’t know, most places in Japan don’t have central heating and air conditioning. Instead, rooms are often heated individually, with dangerously portable kerosene heaters or …

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Hangin’ with the Oguras

Posted on Thursday, February 8th, 2007, at 5:30 PM

This is the second of a series of posts retro-blogging my recent trip to Japan.

Sunday, January 7th

Nat, Adam, and I went to Kawagoe (a.k.a. “Little Edo”), the town where they had lived before they were married. Among the many wondrous things we saw there:

  • a “famous” dog
  • a pair of hundred-year-old trees
  • the old town bell tower
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