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5 AT-HOME WORKOUTS.

In Vermont, I had multiple gyms and yoga studios and running friends in the area, so I rarely worked out at home. In Japan, I stopped working out for almost six months, then I got on the at-home...

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Japanese Passion fruit Kit-Kat.

Limited edition Passion fruit Kit-Kat for my school snack break today. I bought a few in Osaka to send home to my sisters…….but I have eaten them all. Oops.

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GRADING GRADING GRADING.

Graded until about 10:30 p.m. tonight. I bribed Cullan with a jog around Kojo Park and a free dinner – complete with sparkling lime water in wine glasses topped with fresh cherries – to help me...

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WEEKEND 5月18日: Sigur Rós, Osaka, and Brunch.

I am on cold medicine while simultaneously trying to grade the non-essay portion of my midterm exams and watch Homeland. It’s not working, so I am taking a blog break before I just GRADE. In...

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SAY HELLO TO AMELIA!

7 lbs, 13 oz of gorgeousness. Amelia “Mia” No-Middle-Name-As-Of-Yet (we are an indecisive family) Lain was born on May 18th, just a few days after her due date. Since Kim and her husband Matt are...

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OUT TO LUNCH.

Today at 11:41 a.m. Message from another teacher in my prefecture. Hey Sarah. I’m passing by your school. Wanna sneak out and get lunch. Um, yes. Especially since the entire teacher’s room has the...

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The other day I ended up walking to school (instead of biking) and listening to music on my iPod. Usually, I turn it off as I cross the street to school, but I thought of my friend Cullan who has a...

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WEEKEND 5月11日: Toukurayama, the hardest trailhead to ever find in Japan.

Saturday night. “Ok hikers. Those open to doing a hike this Sunday? I know Diem, Chelsea, and Alex are out. I’ll take a look at the mountains when I get home. But I think we’ll keep it under...

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PLANNING MEALS + SOME MEALS IN JAPAN.

I enjoy cooking, but I find meal planning for the week to be a burden. (This might stem in part from my illiteracy at the grocery store?) I’ve realized that making a few simple dishes and prepping...

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JEN’S LUSCIOUS LOCKS.

My friend Jen had enough of my dried-out, frizzy locks in Japan. (For the record, there has been a lack of frizz-fighting products and hair dryers with diffusers over here. That, and I’ve been lazy...

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WEEKEND 5月06日: Four days in Tokyo.

My long weekend was full of sunny days, skyscrapers, super furry animals, and sushi. I would do it all over again except take an overnight bus TWICE in four days. I also realized how my trips to...

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READING + MUSIC: On The Avett Brothers & finding good YA books.

In Japan I have, like, a stack different books that I am reading at any given time depending on my ever-fluctuating mood over here or whenever I come up for a Gossip Girl breath-of-fresh-air. On...

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MY ZEN TATAMI ROOM.

I had been doing yoga in my cramped bedroom area because I have a non-kerosene heater in there to warm up the space. Who wants to breathe in toxic fumes when doing yoga? But now that the weather is...

May 8, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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VIDEO: FUYU, winter in Japan.

Finally backing up my computer files and I found lost winter video clips, mostly from snowshoeing and THE SOBA FESTIVAL! We were dancing IN AN IGLOO. Where can I find an igloo dance party in the...

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BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: Salmon don at Tsukiji.

I’m not sure I will ever take a seven-hour overnight bus again, but I made it home just after sunrise this morning. I am going through pictures and have to share the most epic breakfast meal. Even...

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YOYOGI PARK on a sunny day.

Spending our last day in Tokyo relaxing in Yoyogi park. It’s been amazing people and animal watching, way better than Shibuya. I’ve seen a rabbit on a man’s shoulder. A harpist. People kick-boxing,...

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TOKYO. You’ve got some cool sights.

PHOTO 1&2///Observatory at the Dentsu Building after an early EARLY morning sushi breakfast at Tsukiji. The fish market was actually closed – and here we got up at 4:30 a.m. – but we met a funny...

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こんにちは from SUNSHINE CITY.

I should say konnichiwa and oyasuminasai. It’s 6 p.m. in Tokyo and I’m going to bed. Yes, THAT tired from the overnight bus/adventures around Ikebukuro. Today’s discoveries: Tokyu Hands is...

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MY ENKAI (宴会) TONIGHT.

Sharing pictures from tonight’s enkai (work party) for the old English teachers who were transferred to other schools in April. After work, we met up at this French restaurant and had a...

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Last year at this time! JAZZFEST!

One year ago today, I was listening to Florence + The Machine, eating cheesy crawfish bread, eating beignets, eating red beans and rice, and hanging out with the lovely Laney and company. If anyone...

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IT’S MAY! Four things I am looking forward to this month.

I will get to Sigur Ros shortly. Oh, yes, I will. But first, I am going to start doing shorter, more frequent blog posts. After the Boston bombings, I really wanted to hold my loves ones as tight...

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WEEKEND 4月28日: It went exactly according to plan.

The planner in me loves it when things go according to plan: dinner party, tulip festival (WOW WOOOOOW JAPAN), and hiking. Sort of hiking. We got outside on a sunny day!

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Spring hiking on SHOWA DAY (昭和の日).

It started off so promising. We wake up to a ridiculously warm and sunny Monday morning. With windows down and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros playing, Keith’s car slowly chugs up the mountain...

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OKONOMIYAKI (お好み焼き), Hiroshima-style.

Jeez, I have never loved or watched YouTube more than over here in Japan. When I studied abroad in college, I didn’t have a computer or the Internet in the Netherlands. I often wonder how I...

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THREE-DAY WEEKEND PLANS.

The birthday of former Emperor Showa is on Monday, so we have a three-day weekend. ON THE AGENDA/// Saturday. Clean. Go to the grocery store. Paint my nails some bright color because I can. Tonight...

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JAPAN LIFE: school trip to Takayama.

I would say that multiple times a week one of my ten Japanese Teachers of English (JTE’s) approaches me with, “Saalaa [what my name Sarah sounds like in Japanese], I am very very afraid but...

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SPRING BREAK HIGHLIGHTS.

Embarrassing blogging moment #2,001. I was live blogging on Spring Break, which was fun, but left for some choppy/erratic/poorly photographed days. See Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, and...

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Takenoko No Sato vs. Kinoko No Yama.

News to me, but at English Club last week I learned there is a fan divide between Meiji‘s Kinoko No Yama (“mountain mushrooms”) and Takenoko No Sato (“village bamboo shoot”). I took it upon myself...

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WEEKEND 4月21日: Banana Cake + Takaoka Relay Race.

A random assortment of pictures from what’s been up in Toyama-ken the past few days. Post-yoga Indian food Friday is back. Please take a close look at Cullan’s iPad book collection. He couldn’t...

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5 AT-HOME WORKOUTS.

Japanese Passion fruit Kit-Kat.

GRADING GRADING GRADING.

WEEKEND 5月18日: Sigur Rós, Osaka, and Brunch.

SAY HELLO TO AMELIA!

OUT TO LUNCH.

SCHOOL THRESHOLD SONG.

WEEKEND 5月11日: Toukurayama, the hardest trailhead to ever find in Japan.

PLANNING MEALS + SOME MEALS IN JAPAN.

JEN’S LUSCIOUS LOCKS.

WEEKEND 5月06日: Four days in Tokyo.

READING + MUSIC: On The Avett Brothers & finding good YA books.

MY ZEN TATAMI ROOM.

VIDEO: FUYU, winter in Japan.

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS: Salmon don at Tsukiji.

YOYOGI PARK on a sunny day.

TOKYO. You’ve got some cool sights.

こんにちは from SUNSHINE CITY.

MY ENKAI (宴会) TONIGHT.

Last year at this time! JAZZFEST!

IT’S MAY! Four things I am looking forward to this month.

WEEKEND 4月28日: It went exactly according to plan.

Spring hiking on SHOWA DAY (昭和の日).

OKONOMIYAKI (お好み焼き), Hiroshima-style.

THREE-DAY WEEKEND PLANS.

JAPAN LIFE: school trip to Takayama.

SPRING BREAK HIGHLIGHTS.

Takenoko No Sato vs. Kinoko No Yama.

WEEKEND 4月21日: Banana Cake + Takaoka Relay Race.

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