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Night cherry blossoms

When three of us had a night walk, cherry blossom were in bloom. Spring has come.

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Venturing out in Black-Out Kofu

Today’s electricity shut-down started at 3:40 PM. At 5:30 PM, I went out to Kofu station by bike. Traffic lights are normally off. However at the busy corners, lights were lit now!  This will reduce the accidents. Station was lit inside and trains were coming. Escalators stopped. At the station, I asked about the seat reservation and found out that one can reserve seats only on the day of travel because the train schedules are fixed only in the morning. Takeda street at 6 PM. Sidewalks were lit by the car lights and the light of the full moon. I dropped by on campus. It was dark.  Nobody works. I … Continue reading

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Walk around the lake

In the morning, Katya, Maya-san, and I went to Yanase to receive our Smart.  Smart fits the Yamanashi traffic, where you often drive on narrow streets. Then we drove to a small,  lake-like Dam, “Ryugaike Dam“, near Takeda Shrine.  We took a walk around it with Maya-san.   It is an old dam, and people consider it as a lake now.  One can enjoy black bass fishing at the expense of 2,000 yen per day. Then we went playing tennis. We normally play tennis here in the evening.  Today, we reserved the court between 2 and 4 PM.  Unfortunately, the sun light annoyed us, and we left it earlier at … Continue reading

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