Archive for August, 2003

Saturday, August 30th, 2003

Naoshima.

An island of art. Mike’s visit. 5 hours from Osaka, by boat, train, and bus. Website: Naoshima Cultural Village Pix:

                            

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Friday, August 22nd, 2003

Another visitor…

…is coming on Saturday night! My friend Mike Kralovich will be rolling into Osaka Station Saturday night around 7:30 or so. I have no meaningful updates right now, but I will this weekend! Stay tuned for more updates!

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Saturday, August 16th, 2003

Miyajima and Hiroshima

I’ve just gotten back from Hiroshima and Miyajima. Itsukushima-jinja is a beautiful temple located in the water (!) off the coast of Miyajima. The tide was out when I went, but that was okay, because it made the huge torii (red gate) look even more impressive seeing it actual size. I had some […]

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Monday, August 11th, 2003

Coming soon…

…Hiroshima. I’m leaving first thing tomorrow morning. Stay tuned. In the meantime, I’ve added some links to my friends’ weblogs. These are old pals from back in Austin. Lots of good stuff at: The Ansible Network by my friend Daniel, A Boy and His Computer by my friend Ryland, […]

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Tuesday, August 5th, 2003

Sorry…

I apologize for updating this blog only once a week. Believe it or not, I’m actually doing things here that involve me “going outside”, I think is the correct term. I was berated recently for not providing you, the eager readers, with more cool stuff from Japan. So, without further ado, here […]

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