Just when I thought I'd have to pack it in for the evening, I heard it out on my balcony. They're noisy little buggers, but usually pretty quiet at night. This one's a beauty--I really recommend clicking the image to get a closer look. ...full story at Kyklops
from Kyklops on Thu, Jul 31 2008
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Opening a Guinness in the sink of Shugakuin Intl. House »
YouTube video What a nice evening alone in my room at Shugakuin Intl. House, Kyoto. So I thought I'll get me a Guinness from the refrigerator. But it was already pre-shaked from the night before. So I had to pay attention pretty bad. |
| 24 Jun 08 |
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they aren't the same size » Adventures In Japan On the news a couple of weeks ago, I heard that the people raising chickens in Japan were having a hard time because the cost of feed was rising too quickly for them to be able to afford it. Some have resorted to feeding their chickens rice instead of corn.( I wonder what the yolks will look like?)I'm not sure if this has anything to do with what has been going on at the supermarkets, but recently I bought a pack of eggs. It was cheaper than the usual L (large) pack I buy--198 yen (about US$1.98) for 10 eggs.When I took a closer look, the label said iroiro saizu (various sizes)--188 yen for (about US$1.88). I'll keep buying these to save some cash. I wish they would do this for their veggies and fruit (everything is perfect and straight), then I could save even more. |
| 18 Aug 07 |
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noisy summer » Yamagata Summer time in Japan means hot weather, cold noodles, festivals and a slightly irritating , loud humming noise coming from cicadas. While I was at a temple with my cousins and Aunt, we noticed this one area COVERED with cicada shells. A little gross. ... |
| 13 Aug 08 |
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Sunset This Evening » Kyklops We've been having some unusual weather here recently--cloudy, rainy, sunny, thunder and lightning, sometimes seemingly all at the same time. Looking from my back balcony this evening there was an interesting sunset. It looked like this: |
| 30 Aug 07 |
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life of a cicada » Adventures In Japan At the beginning of summer, you'll notice all these empty skins called utsusemi left by the semi (cicada). If you ask me, they give me the creeps. But amazingly, they are quite fragile. You can sometimes see them blowing around on the ground.According to... |
| 30 Sep 08 |
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Uyoku » Kyklops Uyoku (Japanese nationalist right-wing groups) drive by my place in their scary-looking noisy sound buses at least once a week (or so it seems to me). They came by the other day while I happened to be out on the balcony with my video camera. Here's a... |
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