Sophelia's Japan

Welcome to Sophelia's Japan

A blog about adventures, academia, adoption and other things starting with the letter 'A'.
I'm a geek, a metal head, a shiba inu wrangler and a vegetarian, and I write about all of the above. You have been warned!

Friday, 28 February 2014

childhood, Roll of 28, travels

Hell, Latte-Cat and Dolls [Roll of 28 (24, 25, 26, 27)]

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In summery: it rained a lot, and we went sight-seeing.

The "Ocean Hell", a blue coloured hot spring

It's so hot you can boil eggs in it~ There's a basket of eggs on the end of this pole!

Japanese playgrounds are awesome

Since March was fast approaching, girls' day decorations appeared in front of shops everywhere

dangerous play, geek, monkeys, outdoors, Roll of 28, travels, why Japan is awesome, winter

Ninja Village [Roll of 28 (20, 21, 22, 23)]

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Nice view while looking for fleas

Reason #2 for the long time between photos is that my older sister came to visit so we have been busy hanging out with monkeys, ninja and playing in the snow.

Love Japan's sunny winters

We were chased by this ninja, but Tiger defeated him

Ninja horse rides

Ninja star range

Family fun

Ninja Turkey!

Take that!

It all got too much for Papa

Thursday, 27 February 2014

dogs, kids' TV, Roll of 28, winter

Roll of 28 (17, 18, 19)

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Kuri is keeping an eye on the snow to make sure it doesn't come any closer

We had a mini-party to celebrate six months since Tiger moved here, and played a cracking game of Ultra-man Karuta.

And we played in the park. It wasn't the most photogenic couple of days.

Roll of 28

Roll of 28 (16)

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The weather was a bit more welcoming by the weekend, so I went for a "run". The weight of the snow had snapped the bamboo, and the once tall groves were a splintered mess.

The stone lanterns fared better. Even the small stones placed there by pilgrims were still in place.

nasties and annoyances, why Japan is awesome, winter

Roll of 28 (15)

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and then our neighbourhood built a kamakura snow house.

elementary school, Roll of 28, winter

And Then it REALLY Snowed [Roll of 28 (14)]

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I'm way behind, but I have been taking pictures. I just haven't been able to get to the computer much to share them. Reason #1 being, it snowed for real. Heaviest snow our elderly neighbour could remember. School was on, of course, but the man person couldn't go to work because:

Yeah. We are technically a semi-tropical climate here. Our house is designed to withstand tropical cyclones, not snow. Carport all over the suburb met a similar fate.