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.)
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mike, Here are two pictures of where my fingers are doing their pecking these days. The first is my workspace, where you can see my laptop sitting next to a keyboard and the corner of a monitor “pcheliog2” (which is currently crunching away on a project). Look closely at the laptop screen and you might […]
Mike, Here are two pictures of where my fingers are doing their pecking these days. The first is my workspace, where you can see my laptop sitting next to a keyboard and the corner of a monitor “pcheliog2” (which is currently crunching away on a project). Look closely at the laptop screen and you might […]
Mike, I’m losing track of what I’ve sent you and what I haven’t. So here are all the URLs of Japan stuff: The dorm room I’m living in. Shots of the observatory and mountains. I’ve learned how to say Schmahl in Japanese. In the last few days I’ve written a lot of emails to P,B,&K […]
Rakkity 11/27/05 Chicago to Tokyo takes 12 hours by the polar route. Somehow, by the mysteries of longitude, you can leave Chicago at noon and arrive at 4 pm in Tokyo on the next day without ever seeing the sun set. I was lucky enough to have a window seat on my flight, and could […]
Checklist : o Filed down my outlet adapters to match Japan’s outlets (check) o Stashed map of Tokyo-Nagano regions (check) o Packed spare 512 MD sd memory card for camera (check) o Packed USB to PC card reader to upload pix to Mike’s blog (check) o Packed the supinator dynasplint to terrify the baggage checkers […]
The Friday before last, Patrick, Katie & I had arranged to play cut-throat (3-way racquetball) at 5 pm. P. and I arrived at the court at about the same time, but Katie wasn’t there yet, so after warming up, we started a game. P scored first with a blazing serve that I only waved my […]