the view from japan » sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:11:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ririku http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/10/03/ririku/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/10/03/ririku/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:00:18 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1489 jalI was bummed when I saw that I had a 2.5 hour layover at Osaka Itami airport. Then I found the observation deck area and the sun started to set. Two hours later I was where I was going.

*Note: ririku means take off. 離陸

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/10/03/ririku/feed/ 0 bonsai http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/26/bonsai/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/26/bonsai/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:00:15 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1421 treefogI’m pretty sure the Japanese got the idea for bonsai trees from trees growing out of cliffs.

This is taken at Jodogahama.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/26/bonsai/feed/ 0 takunoue http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/19/takunoue/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/19/takunoue/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:00:52 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1402 miyagisunsetBiking home this past week I caught a glimpse of what seemed like a fantastic sunset. Too bad the houses were in the way.

I’ll bet they had a nice view.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/19/takunoue/feed/ 0 kakashi http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/12/kakash/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/12/kakash/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:00:04 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1333 scarecrow
Scarecrows are called kakashi (案山子)in Japanese. Crows have pretty good eyesight from what I’ve heard, so I wonder why they can’t tell the difference between a scarecrow and a real person.

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]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/09/05/jodogahama/feed/ 2 tohoku no yuuyake http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/29/tohoku-no-yuuyake/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/29/tohoku-no-yuuyake/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:00:24 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1262 nakayamasunsetIt’s been a cloudy summer. Seeing this made it a little better, but I wish I were living on the west side overlooking the Sea of Japan.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/29/tohoku-no-yuuyake/feed/ 0 tohoku no sora http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/22/tohoku-no-sora/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/22/tohoku-no-sora/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:00:21 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1239 tohoku no soraSometimes the fronts that come from Siberia bring a wall with them.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/22/tohoku-no-sora/feed/ 0 fulafula http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/15/fulafula/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/15/fulafula/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:00:55 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1154 ichibanchoFurafura, or up to no good, is a word I first heard in the Urufurus song “Banzai”. These three are demonstrating the word perfectly.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/15/fulafula/feed/ 1 jozenji dori http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/08/jozenji_dori/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/08/jozenji_dori/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:00:16 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=1087 jozenjiJozenji Dori is a road on the northern side of Sendai. This road features a boardwalk down the center with a canopy of Keyaki-namiki (Zelkova trees). Jozenji Dori is used for many festivals including the Jozenji Jazz Festival in September and the Jozenji Light Pageant in December.

]]> http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/08/jozenji_dori/feed/ 0 inaka no tanbo http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/01/inaka-no-tanbo/ http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/2009/08/01/inaka-no-tanbo/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:00:39 +0000 sixmats http://www.theviewfromjapan.com/?p=875 ricefieldThe outskirts of Sendai are littered with rice fields. Most of the fields have a broken-down shack in the middle of them.

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