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A Day in Yokohama, a Japanese Wedding

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on May 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Last month, Dan’s friend Toru got married, and invited Dan to the wedding. Upon hearing that Dan had company in town visiting from the States, he invited me, Kelsey and Jim to his reception. So thoughtful! I’m going to attempt to break down how the wedding day went: The day began with the actual wedding […]

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Food Adventure- Yakiniku!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

While Kelsey and Jim were visiting, Dan and I took the opportunity to explore some new restaurants in the area. We decided to try some new yakiniku restaurants. Yakiniku translates simply to grilled meat. Yakiniku restaurants sit you at a table or booth with a grill in the middle, and you order an assortment of […]

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A Day at Tokyo Disneyland!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on May 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »

While Dan and I had company in town, the 4 of us decided to spend Easter at Tokyo Disneyland! Dan, Kelsey, Jim and I were up and out the door at a decent hour. As an early birthday present, Dan got me an adorable Dooney & Bourke wristlet commemorating Florida Disney World’s 40th anniversary! It […]

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It’s a Japan Thing: Duffy Bear

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

There is a phenomenon upon Japan I have never seen anywhere else. It’s captured the hearts of children, teens and adults, even grown men. The phenomenon is a stuffed bear. Meet Duffy Bear! Duffy the Disney Bear is a stuffed bear you can buy only at Tokyo Disney Sea, the theme park next to Tokyo […]

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Food Adventure: Sushi Daidokoya

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

While Kelsey and Jim were in town visiting, they wanted to be sure to go to a true sushi restaurant. After all, it’s not often you’re on the other side of the world at the birthplace of sushi! We went to a little sushi place in Shibuya. We waited maybe 20-25 minutes for some seats […]

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Fun in Harajuku: Kiddyland!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

This might seem silly, but I’d like to dedicate this blog post to my mommy. She made a Snoopy lover out of me 🙂 I come from a family of Snoopy lovers. I remember a grey Snoopy sweatshirt my mom dressed me in on chilly days when I was 3. My sister had a Belle […]

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Fun in Tokyo with our Guests

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Kelsey and Jim have been here about a week now, and we’ve been busy running all over the place checking out this and that. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but this is by far the most sight-seeing I’ve done since becoming a resident. I was here in Tokyo for 2 weeks in […]

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A House is not a Home- Until Now!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »

While Dan has been working I spent the past week building our Ikea furniture, reorganizing, and cleaning. A big motivator for that was we were having our first out of town guests this week. And now I’m excited to say that I am completely unpacked and organized in our place. Ta da! A view of […]

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Sunny Friday!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »

My apologies for the lack of updates this past week. I haven’t done much that’s noteworthy- just getting our apartment fixed up. On Sunday Dan and I rode out to Saitama again, and got quite the haul delivered from Ikea. I’ve spent this past week cleaning, building and reorganizing. Hopefully I will be able to […]

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Unexpected Earthquake Damage

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Well, Dan and I thought we got off pretty lucky with just some papers knocked over after March 11th’s earthquake. The earthquake hit, we stayed in town for another few days, then headed back to Portland/ Seattle for three weeks. In those few days, neither of us opened our glass cabinet above the sink. Now, […]

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