This “non-traditional” performance at our neighborhood summer festival is actually just the kind of thing you come to expect to see at Japanese festivals. I should say, however, that it was followed by a local Japanese taiko drum group with a tiny little old lady dressed us as Ebisu. Download now or watch on posterous [...]
I wrote a short post on the deluge of 2010 here on the GetHiroshima Blog. Download now or watch on posterous IMG_1925.MOV (14433 KB) Posted via email from littleforeigner’s posterous
Posted via email from littleforeigner’s posterous Summer in Japan is the season for ghost stories, jinbei and seeking out high powered air conditioning in shopping malls.
On the way back from the Unity Dub beach party last weekend we stopped at a highway rest stop (can’t remember which one – it was between Himeji and Hiroshima somewhere) that seemed to offer all kinds of “special products”. One of which was this hyper-realistic banana shaped banana bread. They also had realistic looking [...]
For what I thought would be the start of summer, I joined the Hug A Speaker and Aux Dining crew in representing Hiroshima at the Unity Dub free beach party near Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture. On a sliver of beach sandwiched between two big factories, there were 2 main stages featuring Kansai DJs as well [...]
Posted via email from littleforeigner’s posterous Discarded sake cup seen in the gutter on the road to Azuma-yama for the Hiba-yama Skyline Run. The characters “美人” mean “beautiful woman”.
At Hongo rest stop on the Chugoku Expressway – a morning set with salmon, fried egg, salad, miso soup, pickles and all you can eat rice for a mere ¥550. Posted via email from littleforeigner’s posterous
Struggling with an injury that has put paid to this winter’s marathon plans, but unwilling to sacrifice the aerobic conditioning that I have built up through marathon (over)training, I was back on the bike last weekend. It’s quite chilly here in Hiroshima, but with a wind jacket, some ridiculous looking cycling tights and some shiny [...]
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