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Things to miss about Japan:

Chimes for 6 am, noon, 3 6 and 9 pm

Printers/copiers available at all convenience stores

Kesennuma Gothic

– You live in a rural area. Every day cars appear out of nowhere, and you sit in a traffic jam on the way to work.

– The road you take all the time goes somewhere different now.

– All around you are new buildings. You have no memory of them being under construction.

– Everyone you meet is either young or old. When you see someone your own age, you question their presence.

– You always see people who say hello and call you by name. You have no memory of ever meeting them.

– One day, the clouds start rolling in. You can see the wind swiftly pushing them towards the hills.

– It finally gets warm. You tell yourself you’ll go to the beach the next day it’s sunny. The next time you notice the sun, snow has started to fall.

– You see a sea creature on sale at the seafood market. It is orange, bumpy, vaguely alien, and looks like no fish or shellfish you have ever heard of.

#Kesennuma #Kesennuma gothic #Gothic #aesthetic #this is my life #ALT

mikakochibaphotography

子供の頃

船が海に残す跡は

飛行機雲みたいだなぁって思った

2009年春安波山からの眺め

#kesennuma #wow #pre-tsunami

Today I went on a hike in the Koharagi area of the Karakuwa Peninsula, in Kesennuma, Japan! Thanks, @kissing-kuma, for the invitation! See the captions for more description!

#Kesennuma #Karakuwa #Japan #Miyagi #ALT #JET #hiking

Introduction of Americas : Charged Fees label for Using overseas (au World Service) label. information for au Mobile Phones.

While living in Japan, I have au as my phone carrier, and was surprised to find that it only costs ¥40/minute to make calls to the U.S. You can check your rates to call home or other countries here.

#au #ALT #JET Program #Japan #I think it cost ¥40/minute when I had a dumb phone to make regular calls in Japan so this is a pretty good deal

#Motoyoshi #Kesennuma #Miyagi #video #JET Program #ALT #気仙沼 #宮城

Tsuya, Motoyoshi, Kesennuma Photographed from Houzenji temple.

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Welcome to T O U H O K U

So you’re ready to live in Yamagata. But where, exactly, will you end up? And what is this ‘Touhoku’ place that you’re hearing about?

Chances are that if you’ve never been to Japan, Touhoku hasn’t been on your list of places to visit. Located in the northern region of the main island (not including Hokkaido), this region houses 6 prefectures - Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Yamagata and Fukushima. If you’ve been placed in any of these prefectures, you will be living in Touhoku.

In many ways, Touhoku remains out of the reach of popularity among foreign tourist attractions. Although it’s beautiful and houses much of Japan’s nature and homely countrysides, it doesn’t have a lot of big cities. The main one is Sendai, located on the east side of Miyagi prefecture, and it is within relatively easy access from the other prefectures by train, bus or shinkansen.

The climate might be of some concern to those of you coming from hotter regions. In the winter, Touhoku is quite cold and tends to experience a LOT of snowfall. Make sure to pack a nice winter coat and boots if you’re coming over - but don’t forget to pack a sense of adventure as well! Because of the snow, there are numerous mountains and slopes for skiing and snowboarding, so there’s never a boring day, even in the winter.

In the summer, the temperatures climb to the 30s and it gets incredibly humid. Because of this, you will want to find yourself a comfortably cool river or even travel to the seaside or the ocean to cool off in the beautiful, clean waters.

So, what is there to do?

Touhoku is a great place to see the real Japan - the side that isn’t sold to visitors through popular advertisements and foreigner-friendly designed shops. Through living in Touhoku you will get the privilege of seeing incredible nature reserves, mountains - get to participate in planting rice and take part in local festivals.

**Aomori Nebuta Festival**

**Akita Kanto Festival**

*Yamagata Hanagasa*

*Miyagi Zao Crater*

*Yamagata Yamadera*

These AND MORE are waiting for you to explore in the grand, lush region of Tohouku.

#Tohoku #reblog

A taste of home- Food at the American Festival in Misawa, Aomori. Cheeseburger, Fried Oreo, Bacon and Egg Taiyaki (!!), Funnel Cake It was a good thing we starting eating early because the lines for hamburgers around noon got crazy!

#moshimoshitravels #Aomori #Misawa #Tohoku #JET Program #ALT

Met the lovely @readysetgaikokujin this weekend, rather by accident!! It was so nice to meet you, I hope I’ll see you again sometime!

Since I’ve been doing some traveling recently and hope to do more as well, I think I’ll also include some pictures on this blog from places outside of Motoyoshi and Kesennuma. I’ll tag those ‘moshimoshitravels’ !

#blog update

Tsuya, Motoyoshi, Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan June 2, 2016

#Motoyoshi #Kesennuma #Miyagi #Japan #photography

Asked a small child what her name was, and her mom clarified, "お名前は？" and the small child responded, "分からない。" ("What's your name?" "I don't know.") In other news when I taught a class of first graders last week, and they were introducing their names in front of the class, one boy starting crying after accidentally calling himself by his nickname (Ya-cchan) instead of his full name... I felt bad but it was sort of cute remembering what 1st grade was like.

#stories #ALT