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Culture Day and the Order of Culture Award
Tomorrow is a national holiday in Japan - Culture Day. Many communities hold festivals or events to showcase Japanese culture and history with participants of all ages. Culture Day is observed on...
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People's Choice SAL - Circles
Every month, on the first Saturday, Jo at Serendipidous Stitching hosts a Stitch A Long, with the topics chosen by her readers. This month's topic is Circles. Here are my circles - - -The Yo-Yo...
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Sengen Taisha Shrine Autumn Festival
On Friday (Culture Day), I took the train to Fujinomiya for the Sengen Taisha Shrine Autumn Festival. In Japan, every area has a famous food and when people travel, it is important to eat the famous...
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Monday Morning Star Count - 112 and Bedcover Preview
I made six more this week and the current total is 112.I put them randomly on the floor to see how big 112 is. Not big enough! I will be making more, not sure about how many. My current plan is to...
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The Architecture Open House
Last week, one of my students told me about an event his wife was involved with. She is an architect and would be hosting an open house type event with three other architects over the weekend. She...
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Work In Progress Wednesday
New Start (barely) - a new beady projectI finished the stitching and added the beads on the Ice Moth. I will set it aside for finishing later.Progress on the floral pillow cover
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Daidogei Festival 2023
Daidogei is the world cup performance festival held in Shizuoka City. The website said the festival expected 1,180,000 visitors over the course of four days.I attended several times before the...
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Fully Finished Gallery - Lizzie Kate Ornament
I am linking up with Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!This month I finished a little Lizzie Kate freebie into an ornament. The chart for...
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Gift from the Library
When I was checking out a book at the library last week, the check out person gave me a gift of a package with two sets of chop sticks. The wood the chop sticks are made of come from my prefecture....
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Shinkansen Goes Smoke-Free
JR Central has announced that it will soon be removing the train's smoking rooms. Currently the Tokkaido Shinkansen (my area in central Japan) does not allow smoking in the cars' seating areas, but...
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Monday Morning Star Count - 120
This week I made eight hexagon flowers for a total of 120.More to come...
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Shichigosan Day
Shichi Go San (Seven, Five, Three) Day is a festival day held on November 15th to celebrate the growth and well being of young children. It is not a national holiday, so it is generally celebrated on...
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Work In Progress Wednesday
New Start -Lizzie Kate's Give Thanks (free chart)New Start - small kogin project from this book.New Start - Soon to be finished and posted.Floral Pillow Cover progress
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The Wanderful Train
Japan Railway East has a special train package in December that allows dogs to ride without cages from Tokyo to Izu. This special train is called the Wanderful Train. Wan is the sound dogs make in...
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Friday Finishes - Two Coasters and a Mini-bag
Using two small houses left over from the center of the House Quilt, I made two coasters.I finished this cute Lizzie Kate (free) design into a self lining drawstring bag.
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Rising Elderly Nursing Costs
Japanese people are among the longest living people on the planet. With people living longer, more elderly care is needed.According to statistics on long-term care benefit expenditures for fiscal 2022,...
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Japanese Embroidery Artist Narumi Takada
Have you heard of her or seen her work? I'd like to learn more about her and her work.
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Monday Morning Star Count - 128 and Starting to Connect
Eight new ones for a total of 128.I started to join the hexagon flowers (right side in photo below). I still need to make many more flowers!
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Japanese Artist, Hosanna Hirano
Lin, who blogs at St. Victor Quilt introduced me to Hosanna Hirano. (Thank you Lin!)I'm not on instagram, but if you are, you can check her out at @towelket_tokyoYou can also see more at the website...
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