Man, I absolutely love this kind of prank, unfortunately I’d never be able to pull it off, I’d be laughing so hard!
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These things are cool!
Nerdtour 2012: It’s just a matter of perspective…
Once again, I’m going to try to limit my photos per post so that I might make more posts (and stave off scrolling boredom). It’s not gone well so far, I keep finding more pictures that I want to post all at once!
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Nerdtour 2012: It’s the future!
Okay, even though I’m no longer over there, I still have a lot of things that I did in Japan that I haven’t posted about, so once more into the breech!
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Now that’s heavy metal!
Well, without further ado, let’s start this new year off with a (head)bang!
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Flashmob, classical style!
The Banco Sabadell arranged this performance of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” as a flashmob event to celebrate the anniversary of their founding. Â I really like how the music just builds and builds, and how the little girl who first puts money in the cellist’s hat stays there almost the whole time. Â Seeing the little kids enjoy the music as well as the adults is beautiful, too!
Enjoy!
Nerdtour 2012: Matsushima kaerimashita…
Today was a good day, even though it was long and tiring. I made it back to Matsushima, which was one of my primary goals for this trip. It was a mixed bag in some ways, as it seems Matsushima and the area was affected by the tsunami, and there were major changes in the land configuration (the bay front area, and one of the islands had sunk a meter or two, such that the high tide now washes over into the main plaza), some things that had been there for a long time were lost, like the trees in Zuiganji temple, but most remained, and a few of my personal landmarks were still there, if a bit worse for wear. I’ll post some pictures as I upload them, but for now, it’s 11:30 PM, the day started at 8:30 (actually earlier, but thereby hangs another tale).
Well,here’s one picture, more later:
Nerdtour 2012: Surf, sunset, and Mount Fuji
This will be short and sweet, Wednesday I rode the Enoshima Train, or Enoshima Densha (Enoden) from Kamakura to Fujisawa, stopping along the way to see the Big Buddha (more on that later), and serendipitously caught the sun setting on a beautiful seaside town along the way. Plus, Mount Fuji! Or at least, the silhouette of it…
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Nerdtour 2012: Still alive!
So, I have almost fully recovered from the Cold from Hell, wasting nearly a week in the process. I’ve been out and about to a couple of places Saturday and Sunday, and saw some interesting things. I don’t have time tonight (it’s a little after midnight, early Monday morning as I write) to write up everything I’ve done, but I can show some of the scenes from the past few days.
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