I went to a free Japanese class at the International Students Center today. It took about an hour walking and taking the subway. Once you g et there, we signed up and then sit and wait (like in a doctor’s office) until a volunteer comes for you. You get an hour or more of private [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Japanese Classes Feb 14th
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yarn and Fabric Store
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The other day, I went to Tokyo Hands, a huge multi level department store to see if they have a craft or yarn department. When I got there they say “gomenasai” – sorry they do not have it but the nice man sent me 4 blocks up the road and I ended up in what [...]
Takkyubin Feb10th
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, I needed more clothes, some more knitting and stuff from Aizu. I walked Dave through the process of looking for stuff in the apartment. He said that’s a huge pile on the bed and he had to pack them in the big ole red suitcase that used to belong to my sister. I told [...]
My fellow residents
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We have quite a collecion of people staying here and it is like family. One is a young farmer, whose family farms potato in the north east of Hokkaido. He said it is so cold there that one can see huge blocks of icebergs come down from the Arctic Pole. He is a modern farmer, I think [...]
Snow Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Snow Festival is in full swing here in Sapporo, all this week, Feb 5 through the 8th. Yesterday, I walked along the whole length of Odori Park to see the carvers still hard at work. The judging was today. I spoke to the Malaysian team and the two US teams . They worked 12 hours [...]
Feb 7th
Posted in Uncategorized on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sun came out and I went to get the street bus to take me to the cross country center. However, it was faster to walk. It took a long time to get there. I guess I may have taken it going the other direction? maybe..
I did 4 km on my classic skis. It was [...]
Feb 5th
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Went grocery shopping at about 1pm. Weather was nice and sunny. It started to snow hard when I left the supermarket. I had five plastic bags in one hand and a huge roller back pack full of stuff. Well, it started to blizzard and a white out!
It was tough walking without anything in your hands [...]
DK House Sapporo Feb 3rd
Posted in Uncategorized on February 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I survived my first night at the DK House dormitory in Sapporo. For the next five weeks, this will be my home and Lucy. I moved to Sapporo to help Lucy through a bad patch. This is a difficult time for me and her. But we will get through this.
We are in a two bed [...]
Sapporo Ice and Snow Festival Feb 1st
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 1st.
It is the week of Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan and I just happen to be here! I am visiting Lucy and helping her with some problems.
Check out this website. This is where the happening is – Snow Festival of huge ice sculptures. I have been wanting to see this for years and here [...]
