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"Tatami (straw/mat floor) room" in Chiyo's home...All Japanese try to have one in their homes, place for quiet reflection, ancestor worship...
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"Tatami (straw/mat floor) room" in Chiyo's home...All Japanese try to have one in their homes, place for quiet reflection, ancestor worship...

  • "Tatami (straw/mat floor) room" in Chiyo's home...All Japanese try to have one in their homes, place for quiet reflection, ancestor worship...
  • Another view...
  • Chiyo, on the right, with her tennis buddies, university colleagues.
  • Party in private room, local restaurant...Lots of excellent food and beer, as you can imagine.
  • Aunt Hiroko (same birthday/date as me) showing off pizza slicer I gave her --- preparing for lunch in sunroom; Uncle Akinami in the background.
  • Homemade pizza, Japanese beer (and Chiyo) and excellent combination.
  • Aunt Hiroko is a master gardener and cook.
  • Their home --- very rare for Japanese, A-frame built w/timber imported from Canada; In a clearing about one mile from the coast, Kure, island of Shikoku.
  • Ubiquitous vending machines.
  • Nature scene...
  • Another view of home
  • Their home
  • Pizza lunch was followed, soon thereafter, with dinner.
  • One of the entries...
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  • Buddhist temple, southern coast of Shikoku.
  • View from hotel window
  • Breakfast --- I think I counted about 11 different entries.
  • Untitled photo
  • Morning stroll, view from hotel window
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