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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
DEC 31 2023 (part 2 of 2)
After that, I walked the streets for about an hour. There were very few people about. With the tall buildings, the rain, and the illuminated signs, I felt like I was in #BladeRunner. #cyberpunk
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
DEC 31 2023 (part 1 of 2)
(Apologies for the late posting: I would've done it yesterday but started feeling run down and today it's definitely a cold or similar.)
Went to #SumiyoshiJinja, then to a near-deserted #HakataStation, then back to #TenjinStation. It was dark and also deserted, but #koto music was playing in the underground mall, and I sat for several minutes with my eyes closed just listening as it reverberated around me.
[#]ๅคฉ็ฅ้ง #ๅๅค้ง #ไฝๅ็ฅ็คพ #็ฎ
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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So the big question is, do you use #kohaku because that's how most English speakers spell it, or do you use #kouhaku so your fellow Japanese learners won't think you don't know the first syllable has an extended vowel sound? #koohaku #koh'haku #kลhaku #kรณhaku #kouagh'haku ๐ค ๐ค ๐ค ๐ค ๐ค
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
DEC 26 2023: Mostly ran errands today: groceries, laundry, etc.
Many places used FUK as an abbreviation for Fukuoka. It could be innocent (the airport code is FUK) or intentional. Alas, nowhere did I find any merchandiseโa t-shirt, a coffee mug, anythingโwith a big #FUK on it. Wouldโve made good souvenirs!
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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An updated #introduction! (Dec 2024)
Living in #Portland since 2020. Married to a sweetheart of a man. Have dabbled in various artistic endeavors over the years (choreography, illustration, etc.) but concentrating for now mostly on making #music (https://eerietom.neocities.org/), #blogging (mostly about my #cannabis experiences https://eerietom.dreamwidth.org/), and improving my #Japanese. #ใใผใใฉใณใ #ใชใฌใดใณๅท
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DEC 24 2023: Went to the #OhoriPark #Noh Theater to see a performance of #Hyakuman. No (Noh?) photography allowed inside but I did this little sketch of the stage before the performance began. #ๅคงๆฟ ๅ ฌๅ #่ฝๆฅฝ #็พไธ
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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Is this an example of #enshittification?
I get a bill. โYou can go online at XYZ.com to pay your bill!โ
I go online to XYZ.com and create an account. I click โpay billโ.
โWelcome to our bill paying service website! Create an account!โ
I create an account.
โEnter the blah-blah number shown on your bill.โ
There is no blah-blah number. I call customer service.
โOh, you need to create an account on XYZ1.com, not XYZ.com.โ
This is the condensed version. And Iโm still trying to pay this bill!
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
DEC 7 2023: my hosts in #Kobe had to work that day, so I spent most of the day sightseeing. I first visited the #Goshikizuka Tumulus (Kofun) in 2017, a massive 4th century burial tomb and definitely wanted to go again. #ไบ่ฒๅกๅคๅขณ #็ฅๆธ
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 29 2023: the first of two trips to #JAB, a jazz bar and cafe. Quiet, intimate place, laid back, piping hot food, good #jazz. #ใธใฃใบๅซ่ถ #ใธใฃใบ
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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So, the Legos float appears to be #MechaTurkey. #MacysParade
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 28 2023: my first visit to #Joyfull! #ใธใงใคใใซ It was ... okay, but you couldnโt beat the price and our server was very sweet. I also suspected she mightโve been an #LGBTQ sister, but of course I didnโt ask. She reminded me of #MachFumiake. #ใใใๆๆฑ
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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Woke up this morning thinking about old #BoardGames for some reason. When I was a kid, one of our neighbors had one that, instead of a die or spinner, had a plastic hand. It was on a lever, like a seesaw, normally at rest on the palm side, and you would tip the hand towards the fingers side and a little ball bearing would fall into one of the fingers. Each finger had a number in it which would tell you how far to advance your piece. Anyone know this game? Early-to-mid 70s.
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 22 2023: an unusual condominium building near #FukuokaTower.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka #็ฆๅฒกใฟใฏใผ #architecture #ๅปบ็ฏ
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 18 2023: another uneventful day. Spent some time at an internet cafe, did some shopping. And picked up a โbottole openerโ just in case, you know, I needed to open any bottoles.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 17 2023: an uneventful day. Spent most of the day working on the album. Bought Japanese pancake mix and made pancakes for dinner.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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NOV 16 2023: two pictures today! We took a bus to #Nagasaki for the day. Nagasaki reminded me a little of #Portland; it just had a sort of quirky offbeat quality to it. The bathroom in the Chinese restaurant was particularly cool, considering how tiny it was!
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka #้ทๅด
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NOV 13 2023: One thing that happened quite unexpectedly in #Japan was I began exploring my #NonBinary self. This wasnโt the first day Iโd gone shopping for such things in Japan, but the only other picture I took on the 13th was of a plate of spaghetti I made for dinner, lol.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka #ใใณใใคใใชใผ
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 7 2023: I only took one picture that day, the โants climbing a treeโ (#่่ปไธๆจน) I made for dinner.
When we went to #Japan, I wanted to be able to say I wrote and recorded an album there, so I took as much music equipment as I could carry.
So I spent the entire day in the apartment working on it, using some samples I had recorded on my phone. Japan is a great place for #sampling: for one thing, everything talks to you! Escalators, parking garages, etc.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #Fukuoka
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[#]AYearAgoInJapan
NOV 6 2023: Nothing very exciting happened this day! Mostly mundane stuff like laundry, grocery shopping, etc. I made omu-rice for breakfast.
[#]็ฆๅฒก #ๆฅๆฌ #ใชใ ใฉใคใน
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