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Yura Lighthouse
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Shaka – The Oldest Buddha in Japan
He resides in Asukadera, in the town of Asuka Mura, where I stayed for five months when I first came to Japan 13 years ago. We visited our relatives’ church…
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Asuka Rail
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Cicada Shell
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Ebi Fry (Japanese Hummingbird Moth)
An elusive Japanese Hummingbird Moth, aka “?????” I finally caught one on film card, and he’s a color I’ve never seen before!
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Wakayama Oyako
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Wakayama Bees
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A walk to the estuary
This is the Sumoto River. It joins the sea just under the bridge. It is rich in mullet, and not much else, although they used to farm unagi in this…
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New Product Alert
First, an item that should prove immensely popular overseas: JAPAN no kaori (“the scent of Japan”) That’s right, it’s JAPAN branded toilet paper! Embroidered with the characters for “Takeshima” and…
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LARK – full circle
Behold two separate gifts from two different people, one from a person who doesn’t smoke, and another from a person who… doesn’t brush? At first I thought it genius that…
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Biwako Hot Dog (??????????)
This is a foodblogging post I have put off for a year and a half. The photos were waiting patiently to be edited on my desktop for all that time,…
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Dog vs. Lizard
Nam sent a series of her crazy minpin mix, Gen, going after a lizard in our yard in Mahasarakham. (Click on any of the photos to open a larger version…
