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It has been a while since I have posted an entry, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy doing stuff and seeing things! Right now it is the end of Fall and the leaves in Japan are amazing. In Cali we really don't have an Autumn, so coming to Japan was a special surprise to see all the leaves change into beautiful red, orange, and yellow. I will also add that Japan is getting cold. I am not used to cold weather. Rigth now it is as cold as it gets in San Francisco...a nice crisp 40 degrees. Its going to be a heck of a lot colder in January and February!!! The problem with Japan is they don't have insulation in any of their houses. You would think a country that has some of the best technology in the world would have insulation in their houses. Well, someone forgot to give them the memo about that. Its going to be a cold winter!!! My very first! Soon there might be snow in my photos!<br />So the past month has been relatively mellow in comparison to October and August. This is my "home." No longer a vacation.

Peace Marathon, Sandankyo Gorge, and Speech Competition

Casey Lary
2006-02-20 15:30:00

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It has been a while since I have posted an entry, but that doesn't mean that I haven't been busy doing stuff and seeing things! Right now it is the end of Fall and the leaves in Japan are amazing. In Cali we really don't have an Autumn, so coming to Japan was a special surprise to see all the leaves change into beautiful red, orange, and yellow. I will also add that Japan is getting cold. I am not used to cold weather. Rigth now it is as cold as it gets in San Francisco...a nice crisp 40 degrees. Its going to be a heck of a lot colder in January and February!!! The problem with Japan is they don't have insulation in any of their houses. You would think a country that has some of the best technology in the world would have insulation in their houses. Well, someone forgot to give them the memo about that. Its going to be a cold winter!!! My very first! Soon there might be snow in my photos!
So the past month has been relatively mellow in comparison to October and August. This is my "home." No longer a vacation.

Our cool shirts! On the back they read "PEACE time is RUNNING out." Courtesy of poetry boy himself, Jonathannow I do 'normal' things. The first week of this month there was a group of JETs who ran in the Hiroshima Peace Marathon. Use the term 'Marathon' loosely, as the distances were 5 km and 10 km. Hardly a marathon, but far enough for me. This is the closest thing Hiroshima will have to the Bay to Breakers. There weren't any naked runners, but there were people in costume. There were hundreds of people who participated in the 5 km and 10 km race. The week before the race all the runners got their names in the paper. The names are all in Kanji and Hirigana. Then, in the alphabet in big letters that stand out, you read CASEY LARY. What can I say, I am going to be famous in Japan. Sooner or later i will have tiny Japanese ladies driving around the streets screaming my name ...

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