Japan Stuff

Well, seeing that I got myself into this very expensive hobby this year, I might as well chronicle 2008 with, well, photos.

I was very very excited to finally start 2008 (if you must know, my 2007 was pure hell) that I got myself dragged to far far away Sea Paradise to watch the *meh* fireworks […]

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My sorrow, when she’s here with me,
Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
Are beautiful as days can be;
She loves the bare, the withered tree;
She walks the sodden pasture lane.
Robert Frost
My November Guest
Last Saturday we trudged over to Tachikawa City to roam around the Showa Park. The colors were awesome. It was one of the best […]

「Kyomizudera」 Monk by kilcher
Kyomizudera (Pure Water Temple) is built into the side of Otowayama mountain on the east side of Kyoto, Japan. The original temple dates back to 780 AD and remains associated with Nara/Hosso Buddhism, the oldest sect within Japanese Buddhism. It was built without the use of nails. The people who built Kyomizudera […]

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「Gion」 Busy Streets of Gion | originally uploaded by kilcher
Gion (祇園) is a district of Kyoto, Japan, originally developed in the Middle Ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. The district was built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine. It eventually evolved to become one of the most exclusive and well-known […]

「Kinkakuji」 Golden Pavillion originally uploaded by kilcher
Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, Kinkaku-ji Golden Pavilion Temple) is the informal name of Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺, Deer Garden Temple) in Kyoto, Japan. It was originally built in 1397 to serve as a retirement villa for Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, as part of his estate then known as Kitayama.[1] It was his son who […]

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From the west to the east
I have flown to be near you
I have come all this way
to be close, to be here with you
And now all my heart
I will lay down precisely at your feet…

I am yours, I am yours,
for as long as you will have me …
- The Bird and the Bee | “Love […]

The first time I played Futsal (ya know, the indoor version of Football/Soccer), I immediately tried my hand at being the Keeper (goalkeeper, not the Keeper of the Underworld — Sword of Truth series, you wait, alright, Imma finish your Goddarn last installment in the next hundred years).
Anyway, I have more respect for Keepers all […]

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5 Centimeters Per Second (秒速5センチメートル, Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru?), subtitled “a chain of short stories about their distance.” is a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by Makoto Shinkai. The film was finished on January 22, 2007. The first part of the film was debuted on Yahoo! Japan as streaming video to Yahoo! Premium members from 16 […]

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