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(16,189 posts)Good to see you here again.
yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)とても おもしろい ですよ!どう いたしまして。
lostnfound
(16,189 posts)かれわ82-さい。
So he grew up in interesting times.
yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)彼の誕生日? 彼は82年ですか?
lostnfound
(16,189 posts)1936. In the 1940s a bomb dropped in his yard but it did not explode. He has led a difficult life when young. He introduced me to Japan.
I read a great book called Memories of Silk and Straw which was a collection of essays of people who made their living in traditional ways at the start of the 20th century. I loved reading how a person who made paper would go select the tree to cut down in one season and come back several months later to do the chopping in a different season. People who made tatami mats, or paper. It was so interesting.
When I was in Tokyo, I saw an exhibit of artwork made from tiny scraps of paper, made so real looking that it could have been a photo. Each tiny leaf waste flower was a separate piece of special handmade pattern. The artist, designated as a Living National Treasure, was present at the exhibit. I wished I could have bought a real one, but I only got prints. It was the only time in my life I ever truly wanted to buy a piece of original art.
I walked in Hokkaido on 1/1/2000. I fell in love with a bamboo forest, and made pottery with my son in a little town near Nagasaki. I ate fried shrimp heads and stayed in a place with a hot springs running through the bathroom. I truly love Japan.
yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)Hawaii, because of my Native Roots, and Japan, home of my ancestors...I will probably never see both, as they are beyond my meager wages.
lostnfound
(16,189 posts)A young friend took a few classes to learn to teach English in a foreign country, which took a few months, and then spent a year in China. Japan is hiring a lot as well. It is possible to not only support your time abroad but to even save a little money while doing so this way.
procon
(15,805 posts)Thanks for the link to more.