john keegan dot org » Japan http://www.johnkeegan.org Searching vainly for a decent subtitle... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 katie and jiji are happi http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/10/katie-and-jiji-are-happi/ http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/10/katie-and-jiji-are-happi/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:45:12 +0000 John Keegan http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/10/katie-and-jiji-are-happi/ Katie and Jiji are “happi”-’happi’ is what you wear to the matsuri or festival.

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]]> http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/09/two-more/feed/ 0 snack time http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/08/snack-time/ http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/08/snack-time/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:03:36 +0000 John Keegan http://www.johnkeegan.org/2009/07/08/snack-time/ Katie enjoys a snack break and shares a smile. Posted with the new wordpress for blackberry app, seems to work real well.

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Went out for sushi on the first Sat. night we were here. Oishikatta
- it was delicious!

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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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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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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 times have changed, and Halloween is now a part of even this
“country” (i.e. non-Tokyo) town…

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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, they’re lovin’ it.

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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 for the
Bobby Burger? The placemat at Lotteria,
the only place in the world where the Bobby Burger can be found,
reveals Bobby’s magic. First, Bobby looked at all the veggies, and
chose pineapple to be the leadoff hitter. Extra cheese then moved the
“pine” over, and barbecue sauce loaded the bases. Now a taste of that
magical Bobby Burger – It’s a Home Run!

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