Today is a national holiday in Japan, Marine Day I do believe. My husband and I spent yesterday and today at the beach in Onjuku. He surfs and I simply go in and out of the water or watch him... ...full story at Sista in Tokyo
from Sista in Tokyo on Mon, Jul 21 2008
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旧制東京高等商船学校 海のますらを Part2/3 »
YouTube video 旧制東京高等商船学 の紹介映像です。戦 の東京商船大学、現 在の東京海洋大学海洋工 学部です。
This is an introduction movie of "Tokyo National College of Mercantile Marine".
"Tokyo National College of Mercantile Marine" is current "Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology". |
| 21 Jul 08 |
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Marine Day Monday July 21 2008 » Porcelain Monkey It was Marine Day today.A public holiday that celebrates Im not sure what.Maybe it marks the start of the national water accident and drowning season.More likely its a sign that the summer festival season is upon us again.The annual fire works display at... |
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Inauspicious beginning » Sarukoen Today is the first "business" day of the new year. Not that it matters to me, heh heh, but does mark a return to normalcy after the long new year's holiday. I prepared for today by doing something nasty to my ankle while playing softball yesterday.... |
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Japan - Obsessed With Safety And Children » Barbarian at the Gate George Carlin: You Are all Diseased - 1999 (Part 4 of 7) The following made the national headlines in Japan today, October 22nd. Is there another country in the world where such stories make national headlines? Other national headlines today in Japa... |
| 04 Aug 08 |
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow » La Fuji Mama On Friday I went in for a bit of a chop, 13 inches to be exact. Bye bye Rapunzel hair!Hello lightheadedness! It's been awhile since I've cut off that much hair. This time around it's going to Locks of Love which actually made the cut way more fun since I... |
| 20 Mar 08 |
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The Shadow of Aum Shinrikyo » Geisha, Interrupted Today was a national holiday here in Japan. It's nice to get a day off for each of the two equinoxes every year, if only because it gives us a moment to envision the Earth spinning on its axis and... |