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Traveling from Seattle WA to Tokyo Japan With a Cat

Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I imagine traveling with my 3 year old tabby cat, Penny, is a lot like traveling with a small child- Of course I’m going to do it if need be, but it’s definitely not my favorite thing! It took over 8 months to prepare Penny to travel to Japan. First, she need two back to […]

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A Week in Seattle and the Sion Wedding

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Well, I’m back in Japan and ready to update again! I’ll start by going back a bit to where I left off- Dan and I headed up to Seattle to visit friends and attend a wedding. We arrived the afternoon of Sunday the 27th and settled into a hotel in Kirkland for the first few […]

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Update From the US

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Hello! Pardon the absence. As many of you readers know, the morning the fire broke out at the nuclear plant in Sendai, we made the decision to return home for an extended stay. It was free to move our April tickets up a couple weeks, and Dan could work from the northwest, so why not? […]

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Making Headlines

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

Dan and I were in an article in The Oregonian. Check it out! Oregonians in Tokyo

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Our Weekend in Saitama and Akihabara

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Dan and I had a great weekend together despite the craziness of Friday the 11th- his birthday, our mini celebration of dating for 2 years, and of course the big earthquake (which we’ve dubbed, “the birthquake”). On Saturday Dan and I decided to knock some items off our to-do list: stock the fridge and organize […]

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Survival Mode

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

All our local stores looked the same today. The ramen aisle The water aisle With everyone still feeling distressed over Friday’s earthquake, the residents of Tokyo have taken to stocking their pantries in the event of another disaster. Needless to say, Dan and I left the store with some sparkling water. And Pringles. Because apparently […]

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So, We Had an Earthquake

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on March 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Wow. It’s crazy to think I have felt the world’s fourth largest earthquake. And on Dan’s birthday, to boot! I actually spent most of yesterday morning out of the house and came home just in time for things to start shaking. I’ve taken up walking around town to A- learn my little town better and […]

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It’s a Japan Thing- Purikura

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

There are arcades everywhere here in Tokyo. Some have actual video games, and some just have tons of crane games. After dinner one night, Dan and I pitstopped in an arcade we passed by. So many cute crane games! You can win candies, charms, dolls, all sorts of random things. Dan and I decided to […]

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Good Morning

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

Yep, just another breakfast on this beautiful, sunny Thursday morning. Except I can’t read my nutrition facts. Sometimes I honestly forget I’m living on the other side of the world until I see or hear something that jars me into awareness.

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It’s a Japan Thing- Cell Phone Charms

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on March 9, 2011 | 5 Comments »

So everywhere I go, men and women have charms hanging off their cell phones. Yes, you see these on occasion in America, but the majority of people here have these little charms dangling from their cell phones. Sometimes one charm, sometimes a bundle of like ten. It’s totally normal to see a businessman texting on […]

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