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rakkity/shamaru My perambulations around Nobeyama Observatory via foot and rattletrap 2-speed. And next door to that observatory is a museum with….. (Editor’s note: I think shamaru’s having entirely too much fun.)
rakkity/shamaru My perambulations around Nobeyama Observatory via foot and rattletrap 2-speed. And next door to that observatory is a museum with….. (Editor’s note: I think shamaru’s having entirely too much fun.)
By Birdbrain View fuller image Mike — long overdue…. I am completely enjoying(vicariously) the trip to Japan. Clean and clear writing, photos, even the food looks clean and clear. In contrast, I’ve promised you a story about my trip to Morocco…which was delightful….but hard to grasp….particularly for a white, blue-eyed female….it’s hard to connect with […]
Peter’s been touting Kilauea’s most recent eruption.
Mike, I’m getting a little back-logged here with pictures and stories. Could you send Adam over to help me put these pictures on your blog? I’ll pay him with a dozen varieties of fresh, yummy mushrooms per story. Due to popular demand here’s more about food. –rakkity/Shamaru
Friday is shopping day for the guests of Nobeyama observatory, since no meals are servedon weekends. A driver picked Mukul and me up at the dorm (we were the only visitors at that time)and we drove to the closest supermarket–about a 20-m drive away. The store was like an American supermarket, except they didn’t accept […]
Rakkity ( December 4, 2005) It was snowing lightly when I started out on my bike excursion yesterday. My plan was to check out the museum in Nobeyama village, and then ride to the tourist town of Kiyosato. The bike I had picked out was a woman’s bike (they all were), had exactly two gears, […]
Hi Mike, Three more small blog entries from Japan. Here is #1: On Friday we had a “1-day symposium”, actually a 2-hour, 5-people symposium, and then a 7-person party. (Where did the extra guys come from? What attracted them? Sake & sashimi?) The 2nd entry is about a shopping spree on Friday when I got […]
Mozilla browser window. View larger image Mike, Today I made a great discovery – the observatory has guest bikes for anyone to take out. So tomorrow (Sunday) I’m going to ride to the history museum in Nobeyama, and see the sights of the nearby tourist towns. I walked about 5 or 6 km today, mostly […]