The International Association arranged for a lunch potluck under the cherry trees today at 11am. I cooked a huge pot of Malay curry and rice. However, we wanted to see the parade first so Dave went into town on his bike to check it out – we knew driving would be a mistake with all [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Ohanami (cherry blossom) Festival – april 20th 2008
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Reiki trip – April 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Kurama Yama, Mount Kurama, Reiki, Usui Makao on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My sister in law, who practises Reiki wanted to visit the grave of the founder and to visit Mount Kurama in Kyoto where Reiki started. I had no idea that Reiki started in Japan. When I asked people aound here, they are clueless. No one has even heard of Reiki.
In Tokyo we went to Saitoji [...]
Cherry Blossoms in Japan – April 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chidorigafuchi Park, Kyoto on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The picture on the header of this blog was snapped at Chidorigafuchi Park in Tokyo. We walked along the river where hundreds of trees were in full bloom. Occasionally, the wind would pick up and thousands of blossoms would swirled around in the air! We could smell the blossoms too, faint sweetness in the air.
In [...]