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Monthly Archives: October 2006
Google Docs & Spreadsheets Loves BlogHarbor!
Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a new service for Google account holders and Gmail users. Derived from Google’s acquisition of the Writely service earlier this year, this service allows users to create word processing and spreadsheet documents within a web … Continue reading
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Facing the fall alone
Bart Giamatti, former MLB commissioner, on the game of baseball: It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and … Continue reading
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Congrats to the 2006 NY Mets!
Congratulations to the New York Mets for a fantastic 2006 season! The Mets lost to the Cards last night in a very dramatic baseball game, one that Mets fans will be talking about for a long time… at least until … Continue reading
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Sushi Dinner
Went out for sushi on the first Sat. night we were here. Oishikatta – it was delicious!
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Shinkansen Interior
This shot shows the interior of the Shinkansen bullet train’s Green Car. The Green Car is “first class” for train travel in Japan. No, I am not sure why the Green Car is brown…
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Watching Japan go by
My daughter Katie watches Japan go by from the Narita Express train from Narita airport in Chiba to Tokyo Station. It takes nearly an hour by train from the airport to Tokyo Station.
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Halloween comes to Japan
When I lived in Japan in the early 90s, Halloween might have been an American holiday that people were aware of, but it wasn’t something they celebrated… This shot from one of the shopping avenues here in Fujinomiya shows that … Continue reading
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Donald McDonald is Lovin it!
Tried to take a picture of the Mister Donut at the food court but Donarudo Makudonarudo jumped up to block my view. Did you know that Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald at Japanese McDonald’s? Ronald, Donald… Either way, … Continue reading
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Bobby Burger photos posted
Mets fan? Please see The Bobby Burger and How the Bobby Burger Came to Be to learn more about the new revolution in hamburgers.
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How the Bobby Burger Came to Be
My previous post introduced the Bobby Burger, an revolution in hamburgers “produced” by Bobby Valentine, former NY Mets manager and now kantoku of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Now it can be revealed: How did Bobby come up with the idea … Continue reading
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The Bobby Burger
Bobby Valentine, the former Mets manager, is now in his second year as kantoku or manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines. The Lotte conglomerate also owns Lotteria, a fast food chain which serves up a pretty mean teriyaki burger. Lotteria … Continue reading
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Sports Day in Japan
[MEDIA=4] Here’s a video of Sports Day here in Japan. We attended Takeru’s (my nephew) undo kai sports day, and this short vid shows one of the day’s events…
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A view of Fuji-san
Here’s a neat picture of Mt. Fuji (富士山) that my wife took while she was out today. Did you know that Japanese people refer to Mt. Fuji as Fuji san? That’s not san as in Miyagi san or Mr. Miyagi, … Continue reading
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Oni yome the Japanese Demon Wife
Via Stowe Boyd, I came across this article in the WSJ which Stowe noted suggests that blogs are a bigger cultural phenomenon in in Japan than the US: Six years ago, a Japanese businessman went online to vent about his … Continue reading