| Tuesday 31st August, "Taifu No.15" |
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Typhoon season now. This year Japan has lot of damage by heavy rain and strong wind. Here in Iwate is not too bad.(HK) |
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| Sunday 29th August, "Lego Holliday" |
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Day off! Whole day just playing Lego with children. It drives me completely crazy try to find right parts among all odds. Mind blasting.(HK) |
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| Saturday 28th August, "More Polishing" |
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Still more polishing. Not too hot for cold water splash, but hot enough to enjoy the icecream!(HK) |
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| Thursday 26th August, "Nango Base" |
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I set base stones with guys from Kanazawa's for the sculpture at the new library in Nango. Sculptures will be set on these black indian granite on 7th September planned.(HK) |
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| Tuesday 24th August, "Japanese Garden in British Embassy" |
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Japanese Tsubo-niwa is now completed at British Embassy in Tokyo. (HK) |
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| Monday 23rd August, "Fashion" |
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Funtastic morning sky! (HK) |
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| Kate went down to Tokyo to attend the press opening of "COLOURS" at MAM.(HK) |
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| Sunday 22nd August, "Hot Days" |
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Beach parasol opened today for polishing stone.(HK) |
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Mukai's packing up tent.(HK) |
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| Saturday 21st August, "Lego Exhibition in Appi" |
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Big Lego show at Appi Resort.Emily and sean were so impresssed by life size statues of Harry potter and so on, Sean particuraly happy to get new lego.(HK) |
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Emily and Ikue-chan preparing Tent with help of her parents for tonight logging. |
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| Tuesday 17th August, "UFO in Ukishima" |
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Giant mashroom or UFO landed in Ukishima! Kate is polishing stone inside.(HK) |
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| Sunday 15th August, "Morioka Sculpture Symposium 30th Anniversary Exhibition" |
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Kouke in the Exhibiotn. over 30 Iwate University graduates joined this show. I went to see at Marios in Morioka with Emily. Kouke helped us a lot with Iwate station front art road project last year. (HK) |
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Kazue Sato. (photo taken by Emily) |
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Fireworks at home. This seems like the end of summer.(HK) |
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| Saturday 14th August, "Camping in Ukishima" |
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Emily and Kazue decided to sleep outside tonight! They had nice girls night out. |
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In the evening we went to see the firework in town. Obon started in Japan just now. (HK) |
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| Friday 13th August, "Blue berry" |
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Ukishima blue berry. (HK) |
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| Wedensday 11th August, "Cuttin Edges Again" |
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Hot in the stone. (HK) |
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| Tuesday 10th August, "35" |
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Too hot! 35 centidegree. Everybody bathing at lunch break and I had a snoose!(HK) |
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| Monday 9th August, "Cuttin Edges Again" |
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Kazue joined us from today. (HK) |
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| Sunday 8th August, "Ajishima Island~day3" |
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| On the beach again until lunch. Piramid and sphinx, how about that? |
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| Bering statue which we made 14years ago. Reset on the beach few years ago |
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| got on the boat and went back to Ukishima.(HK) |
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| Saturday 7th August, "Ajishima Island~day2" |
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| From8 to 5, playing on the beach.(HK) |
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| Friday 7th August, "Ajishima Island~day1" |
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Kate at last came to Sendai and we now all go to Ajishima island for 3days!(HK) |
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While waiting for ship in Ishinomaki, we went to see the Ishinomori comic museum.(HK) |
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One hour on the coast of pasific to island. |
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Quiet beach! We swam for an hour before dinner.(HK) |
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| Thursday 5th August, "New Grave and New House" |
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Mr.Kanazawa came to Sendai to look at graveyard where Katagiri Family's new stone will be buil this autumn.(HK) |
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Yonezawa's new house is half built. (HK) |
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| Wedensday 4th August, "Itoman Swiming School" |
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I alone drove down to Sendai, left kate working alone in Ukishima to meet up with children. They are getting better at swimming. We went to see the movie "Shrek2" afterwards together wth Naoya.(HK) |
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| Tuesday 3rd August, "Cutting Edge Again" |
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| Monday 2nd August, "Cutting Edge" |
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Kate and me now work on marble without children!。(HK) |
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| Sunday 1st August, "Trip to Sendai" |
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Sean Emily alone went to Sendai by Shinkansen. Their swimming claass starts from tommorow. (HK) |
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