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Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
 What I did today
Today, I...
- Took the day off work;
- Woke up to find that it had snowed (very unusual in Etajima, where one day of snow per winter is normally all that can be expected);
- Got up to find the snow had all melted before I could take any photographs;
- Got an email from Iijima, a friend from the JMSDF, to say he'd got back to Japan safely after a tour of duty in the Indian Ocean;
- Went to taiko (because of the snow- and the freezing roads- there were only five of us);
- Managed another 0-yen day.
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 Photographs
Inspired by the email I got from Iijima, I put some photographs of his ship on the web. I took these photographs of Hiei passing Ozu on the day that the ship departed for the Indian Ocean.
I also put two more albums on the web. There are some pictures of Kamagari and Shimo-Kamagari here, and some photos of the Kojinja Matsuri (the local autumn festival in Washibe) here.
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 Leaving taiko, the ground was white over with snow, and very slippery indeed. The man whom I go to taiko with very kindly suggested, 'don't tread on the white areas.'
White areas? It's snow, for goodness sake! It's all white!
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 Japan A-Z
Seiza
Seiza is the Japanese formal way of sitting, especially in a washitsu (Japanese-style room). This is as distinct from agura. Seiza is basically sitting with your legs tucked under you (a little like kneeling); as such, getting pins and needles is not uncommon. Recently, as Western-style living becomes more and more common in Japan, young people are not used to sitting in the seiza position.
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