http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Three Years in Japan: Many Tales from a US Navy Wife en Vox Sun, 04 May 2008 21:51:31 +0900 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/an-overdue-post-of-majestic-proportions.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/an-overdue-post-of-majestic-proportions.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/an-overdue-post-of-majestic-proportions.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 04 May 2008 21:51:31 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00fa96857fba0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00fa96857fba0003-50si" alt="Full pic of the large fall" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It's hiking season again, and although it's been way too long since I last wrote, knowing that I'm spending that time working exploring my surroundings should be of comfort. No? Fine. Let me start again by saying that I'm going to attempt to w... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/an-overdue-post-of-majestic-proportions.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00fae8c972c8000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> japan waterfalls hikes http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/how-a-horse-and-a-ram-find-fun-in-a-festival-of-rats.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/how-a-horse-and-a-ram-find-fun-in-a-festival-of-rats.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/how-a-horse-and-a-ram-find-fun-in-a-festival-of-rats.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:12:09 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398dfbaa60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398dfbaa60004-50si" alt="The Year of the Rat" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cde1dd70002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cde1dd70002-50si" alt="Hillary finds Pika!" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cfcda2a0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cfcda2a0001-50si" alt="Just try to find the real monkey" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Last February, a new-to-Sasebo couple we're all now quite familiar with (read: the Hub and I), dreamed of going to Nagasaki to take part in some sort of lamp party but were thwarted by "come-with-us" friends who bailed on them the day of the plan... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/how-a-horse-and-a-ram-find-fun-in-a-festival-of-rats.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cde351c0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> festivals food travel japan trips nagasaki http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/why-yes-i-do-like-naked-outdoor-bathing-time-with-strangers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/why-yes-i-do-like-naked-outdoor-bathing-time-with-strangers.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/why-yes-i-do-like-naked-outdoor-bathing-time-with-strangers.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:52:55 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398dd09ea0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398dd09ea0004-50si" alt="Kitty wishes you a good day" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Perhaps a strange title, to begin, but it jumps to the heart of this edition of blogliness. As seen previously, the Hub and I had already spent some time in a private Japanese bath, but, as explained by my Japanese friends at work, an onsen is ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/why-yes-i-do-like-naked-outdoor-bathing-time-with-strangers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00f48cfa328c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel japan spa trips onsen ureshino http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/did-we-move-to-the-netherlands-while-i-slept.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/did-we-move-to-the-netherlands-while-i-slept.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/did-we-move-to-the-netherlands-while-i-slept.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:04:31 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c3743d0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c3743d0003-50si" alt="Huis Ten Bosch castle" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I've probably mentioned this once or twice, but just next door to the housing area where I live in Hario is a Dutch "theme park" named Huis Ten Bosch. Now, putting theme park in quotations is a little deceiving. Huis Ten Bosch (hereafter called... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/did-we-move-to-the-netherlands-while-i-slept.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c601590004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends travel japan huis ten bosch http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/kumamoto-the-city-of-the-monkey-samurai.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/kumamoto-the-city-of-the-monkey-samurai.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/kumamoto-the-city-of-the-monkey-samurai.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:12:38 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c106980003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c106980003-50si" alt="Hub in front of the lake at the garden" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Too long, too long, but I don't want to dwell on that because the story I have to tell you about one of our prior destinations is just too interesting to focus on the lapse in writing (plus, well, I just like covering my tracks and stuff). The ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/kumamoto-the-city-of-the-monkey-samurai.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398c353b50001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> japan trips. travel http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/to-the-beach.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/to-the-beach.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/to-the-beach.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:12:05 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3a9160001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3a9160001-50si" alt="Reef at Iki Island" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3b2f80002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3b2f80002-50si" alt="Not exactly the veggies we had in mind" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> To continue on our travels, but to make them separate entries so no one's eyes cross too badly... Now, Hub and I have taken so many trips since we've been in Sasebo that the women working at the MWR office know us by name, which always makes me... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/to-the-beach.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3c74f0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beach japan trips. travel http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/from-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/from-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/from-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:09:36 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3c1260004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3c1260004-50si" alt="072907 Decoration at the Kushida Shrine" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I seem to be backtracking in my ability to get out timely posts about our trips and our adventures here in the Land of the Rising Sun, so on this long Labor Day Weekend, my goal is to relate our latest little excursions for the masses (read: enjo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/from-the-city.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00e398a3c1570004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> japan fukuoka trips. travel http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/a-pretty-picture-post-for-my-parents-and-peeps.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/a-pretty-picture-post-for-my-parents-and-peeps.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/a-pretty-picture-post-for-my-parents-and-peeps.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:17:03 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d414434b8b685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d414434b8b685e-50si" alt="Boiling my food at MK" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41449d3013c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41449d3013c7f-50si" alt="Azuki bean breads at MK" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00cd973bc23b4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00cd973bc23b4cd5-50si" alt="Rice fields in June" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41449d3243c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41449d3243c7f-50si" alt="Crab Attack!" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41441073b685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d41441073b685e-50si" alt="Do not enter in Engrish" /></a> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d414434bc7685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d414434bc7685e-50si" alt="Shasta and Squid 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> No major adventures lately, due to a combination of rain and softball that leans heavily on the wet side. Still, we try to get out and about, and I walk on the dry days, so I wanted to share a few of the more picturesque moments in the past few ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/a-pretty-picture-post-for-my-parents-and-peeps.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d09e7da6d0be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> food japan everyday life http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/hit-the-road-hillaryto-the-spa-among-other-things.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/hit-the-road-hillaryto-the-spa-among-other-things.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/hit-the-road-hillaryto-the-spa-among-other-things.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:58:00 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d4144528f06a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d4144528f06a47-50si" alt="Banshoro!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Right on time, from my viewpoint of blog-writing, that is. I contemplated two different blog entries for the two subjects I hope to cover but eventually decided that if I'd taken this long in one, two would surely be hopelessly lost in the time ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/hit-the-road-hillaryto-the-spa-among-other-things.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d09e7b5af7be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel japan spa trips hikes http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/take-a-hikethe-start-of-a-new-series-ish-part-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Hillary in Japan) http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/take-a-hikethe-start-of-a-new-series-ish-part-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/take-a-hikethe-start-of-a-new-series-ish-part-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 May 2007 15:17:45 +0900 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d4143a52e96a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d4143a52e96a47-50si" alt="Hub looks out over Isanoura Lake" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Okay, so it's been a bit, but I defend myself by pointing out that I'm working on something of an average; now, I'm not explaining whether that average will be labeled "good" or "bad" by the masses, but it's something I'm working on at a very tur... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hillaryinjapan.vox.com/library/post/take-a-hikethe-start-of-a-new-series-ish-part-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e5b128abe2b00d4143a62d76a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> japan hikes