2006.12.24 *Flowers

2006.12.23 *Girls and guns

2006.12.22 *Winter Solstice

this is the traditional food that is eaten on the longest night of the year. it's Japanese pumpkin and sweet beans.

2006.12.21 *Signs

2006.12.20 *X-mas spirit

2006.12.19 *Izakaia

2006.12.18 *Tracks

2006.12.17 *Program Photos

2006.12.16 *Christmas Parties

i wanna see! i wanna see!


and later at the party for the adults.

2006.12.15 *My voice

i had to play all the female roles for the English listening section of this year's enterance exam for one of the high schools in town.
i hope everyone passes!

2006.12.14 *Heat

no central heating (or insulation) in my building. instead- kerosene. you can see the can in the background.

2006.12.13 *Grey

2006.12.11 *In my bag

2006.12.10 *Bye-bye to the Swede

2006.12.10 *Wee hours

excited to try the $12.00 tiny beverage.


oh!


ha ha ha.

2006.12.09 *Pottery

they use the clay dug from that cone shaped mountain you can see in most of the "my view: ..." pictures.

2006.12.08 *Matsushima/Sendai

sushi


pachinko. the Japanese gambling game with a million little silver balls.

2006.12.07 *Tea

sweet for tea ceremony.


teahouse is in Momiji Koen (Maple Park).

2006.12.07 *Yamadera (Mountain Temple)

she climed over a thousand stairs in a kimono.

2006.12.06 *The Swede arrives

2006.12.05 *Clean

2006.12.03 *Road

2006.12.02 *Drying

2006.12.01 *Smile