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Progress
School’s back here in sleepy Sunami, and this week both kids have brought home news of unprecedented new developments at school.
First of all, Sunami Primary School has taken the monumental decision to EXTEND LUNCH BREAK BY TEN MINUTES. Together with the 20-minute recess break this gives the tinies nearly one whole hour of free time Read more... -
Big Aircon is watching you
The other day we took delivery of our second air conditioner, oh what joy.
We tried so hard to do the right thing by the environment and our electricity bills by making do with just the upstairs one, but in the end, the hottest Japanese summer on record finally got the better of us and we Read more... -
The end of the hols
The last week of the holidays is upon us, and though we’re feeling a bit sad, I’m satisfied that we’ve given the holiday period a jolly good shake. This week Ruby is actually meant to be practicing with the brass bandat school every morning but she bravely fronted up to her teacher and said that Read more...
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Best Festival Ever
We went to the Pirate ‘n’ Fire Festival on the nearby island of Innoshima last night, and all agreed that it was our best festival to date, even edging out the award-winning Naked Man festival, for the simple reason that rather than just having lots of people dancing around (as in the Yassa Matsuri) or Read more...
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Weekend wrap
Another weekend, another festival, ho hum. Actually this one was rather good. It was put on by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the major employers in the fine city of Mihara. MHI occupies an enormous space down at the river mouth, about 2 km long by 1 km wide I reckon, and presumably back in Read more...
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Let the hols begin
Last Monday was Ruby’s long-awaited brass band performance, after two and a half solid weeks of rehearsal during the holidays (including weekends). We all trooped in to downtown Hiroshima to see the Regional High Schools Brass Band Competition involving some 68 schools. Each school had just ten minutes (one piece) to strut their stuff. And Read more...
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The heat is on
I was going to write a long post about how horrible the Japanese summer is, but I thought I really shouldn’t subject you all to my whinging.
And then I thought, why the hell not: it’s my blog and I’ll whinge if I want to.
So here we go.
I absolutely hate summer in Japan. Here’s why:
1. It’s Read more... -
Yassa Matsuri festival
Last weekend was the big festival on the Mihara calendar, the one that’s in all the tourist brochures and on the telegraph poles: the festival known as Yassa Matsuri.
There was a huge stage in the big open area in front of the station and millions of stalls selling the usual festival type foods and people Read more... -
Fireworks and festivals
Summer in Japan means fireworks. Not just the annual grab-a-spot-early-on-the-grass kind put on by the local authorities (although there are also some of those coming up next week), but the kind you buy at the supermarket and let off down the beach at night right under the sign that says No Fireworks at Night. Yes, Read more...
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Weekend wrap
On the weekends Ruby’s brass band practice is in the mornings only, so in the afternoons we are afforded a bit of time to do things together as a family. Thus it was that on Saturday afternoon we headed off to watch mummy’s latest Japanese drumming performance at a local festival held in a nearby Read more...
Welcome to Sushi on a Stick
This blog is about the adventures of a family of Australian barbarians spending two years in the islands of southern Japan. Stay tuned for regular updates on the food, the culture, the earthquakes, the wacky festivals, the school system and more. Read more
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- Food (5)
- Getting there (9)
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- Parenting (2)
- School (17)
- Settling in (13)
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