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Christmas Adventure- Ghibli Museum

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

Dan and I have been meaning to visit the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka (Tokyo), and our Christmas Adventure month seemed like a perfect time to go. Dan even surprised me by going into work late so we could spend all morning there! As some of you readers saw, a few entries back I posted a […]

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Christmas Adventure- Bake Shops

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

When I first moved here, I was shocked at how few baking things I could buy here. Our local grocery store has nothing! A couple interesting looking mixes, some sprinkles, some nuts. It was very disappointing. Luckily my wonderful bestie in Seattle, Kelsey, sent me muffin mix for my birthday, and all you had to […]

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Christmas Adventure- Disneyland and Kamakura

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

To kick off our holiday festivities, Dan completely surprised me with a trip to Tokyo Disneyland! Because It was such a surprise, I didn’t have my camera with me or get any pictures. I had just had my job interview and I texted Dan to tell him how it went. He told me to meet […]

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Christmas Adventures!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

As I was pondering what on Earth to get Dan for Christmas, he came up with the genius idea of excursions instead of gifts. We’d spend a little more money going places and doing things and not spend excessively on elaborate gifts. We’ve been having so much fun! Going to some new places and some […]

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Tokyo Happenings

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Dan and I have enjoyed keeping busy since I’ve been back. I returned on a Sunday, and sadly he had to go to work the next day. I spent the day being cozy, reading with Penny and watching tv. Later in the week my missing luggage was delivered and I unpacked immediately. While Dan’s been […]

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Flying Back to Tokyo

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s nice to be caught up with my blog! I hope you all enjoyed hearing about my time back in the States. I’ve been back in Tokyo for almost 3 weeks now and so far it’s been wonderful. Well, besides my flight home. I flew Seattle to Vancouver BC, then Vancouver to Tokyo. Once I […]

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My Final Summer Week in Ishinomaki

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I really wanted to blog about my whole experience volunteering in Ishinomaki this summer, and late is better than never, right?! I woke up Monday still a little tired from my day off, which I used to bike with my friend Aska all over town. After making myself a quick breakfast in front of our […]

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Tsunami Relief Orientation Session

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on June 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I spent most of the afternoon today in presentations and meetings about my trip to volunteer for the disaster relief this upcoming Friday. 5 days away!!! Dan and I headed out to the JICA cultural center in Shibuya. there wasn’t a real direct route to get there, so we ended up taking 4 trains. Dan […]

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Exciting News!

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

I was holding off on blogging about this to talk to Dan and my family first, but I have decided to spend a week being part of a tsunami disaster cleanup team in Ishinomaki, one of the hardest hit areas from the March 11th devastation. And now some facts… Ishinomaki is a city in Miyagi, […]

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‘Rel in a Nutshell

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Someone suggested I talk more about how I feel about living in Japan and the changes it’s brought to my life, so I thought I’d do this fun entry I just came up with: *10 Things I do now that are completely normal, but never did before moving to Japan* 1. Washing brightly colored clothing […]

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