I’ve lots of photos to share here, so I’ll just commentate as I go along. Colin and I went to Tokyo just after Christmas for a few days to visit our friends Yuki and Rick. Yuki is the woman who started Ohio’s taiko group, Icho Daiko, back in 2003 and was my first teacher. She and her husband, Rick, and daughter, Haruka, moved to Japan from Oberlin last summer.
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- A little bit culture shocked by all the big city things.
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- One of the largest Starbucks in the world, in the Shibuya area.
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- I pointed this out to Colin because I knew he couldn’t pass it up: a haircut in 10 minutes for 10 bucks.
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- Haruka and Daddy share an ice cream.
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- Nakamise shopping area between the Thunder Gate and Sensoji Temple.
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- Kaminari Mon (Thunder Gate)
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- Sensoji Temple
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- At the Miyamoto Unosuke Taiko Museum.
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- Squid on a stick!
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- We visited the Obirin University campus, started in 1946 by an Oberlin graduate.
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- Exploring the streets of Tokyo.
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- Yuki, sick with a cold… I cooked everyone okonomiyaki for dinner.
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- Happy times together!
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- Haruka considers Colin’s reading ability.
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- Hm… not really sure he knows the story.
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- Well… maybe I’d better read it to you, Colin.
The book was in Japanese, but Haruka wanted Colin to read it in English, so he just made up his own version by the pictures. It’s hilarious if you have time to listen for a while!
The Witch, King Fatz, Swanny the Swallow, and Esmerelda (or something like that)
“Well… sometimes it’s good to talk to witches.”
