We are just about halfway through our performances here at Huis ten Bosch, and we've settled into the rhythm. We usually sleep in a bit, until 9:30 or 10, then get up and have tea, make breakfast (on the unbelievably slow and underpowered hot plate) and then do a little wandering during the day - v…
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Day Trip to Nagasaki
It's my day off! I just got back from a day trip to Nagasaki. It's about 1 hour and 15 minutes by train from Huis ten Bosch, and I set out this morning with no plan whatsoever. I knew that I did *not* want to go to the Atomic Bomb museum (my heart is too soft and couldn't take that kind of tr…
Japan Wanderings, Fractal Malls and Tex-Mex
It's the weekend! It's actually a 3-day weekend here in Japan. Monday is a national holiday - it's Coming of Age Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_Day). Maybe we'll see some Kimonos! Anyway, with the holiday it's been super busy at the park, with huge audiences full of little kids.…
Japan Adventures
Yesterday there was all sorts of excitement. In the morning,Darrelland I decided to take it easy and take the train to town for some milk and gloves and a Smart Media card. We rode to the Daito station, home of Jusco, our favorite shopping mall, and the train doors didn't open. We waited patient…Huis ten Bosch explorings, and Darrell's day off
Yesterday was Darrell's day off, so we had a "girls only" day at the park. I went in a little early and did some wandering, found where the good cheese is sold, (I may be in the only place in all Japan where one can find quality gruyere and smoked gouda) and checked out the docks during the daytime…
Japan Day 6
We've been here at Huis ten Bosch for a week now and are starting to feel the rhythm of our routine. Today's show schedule is the same as yesterday's show schedule, and that's the first time that's happened - the week after New Year's is a major holiday week for the Japanese, so everything and ever…
Japan - Day 4
Today was a lighter show day - only 5 shows instead of 7. We are very much appreciating the break, and took advantage of the shorter work day to have an epic shopping trip (hot plate! yes! no more microwaved fish!) and to go see a delightful magic show (fire illusionist FTW). Also I got a wonde…
New Year's Eve in Japan-sterdam
We survived our first and most difficult day of performances.. it's all downhill from here.
Yesterday was New Year's Eve. It started out with a relaxing morning wherein I finished my first drawing and hung it on the wall. I'm unreasonably proud of it.
After a walk to the Family Mart (our loc…
Japan - Arrival
We've arrived! Fire Pixie is performing for the winter season at Huis ten Bosch theme park in southern Japan.
The trip out was pretty grueling, almost 24 hours all told to get here. We are staying in a teensy apartment complex (the apartments are teensy, not the complex) just across the river…
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