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Hokkaido Kudasai: Saturday Outing in Kambara
After going to Nihondaira Terrace last month, my friends and I planned to hike Satto Pass and see Mt. Fuji. Unfortunately, it was rainy y...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - the Toothbrush Bag
I had been carrying my toothbrush around in a plastic bag and decided I needed something nicer. The hexagon flower and the bag are made fro...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: The Alphabet Club - Q
There is no "Q" in Japanese, but I'll take this chance to show my quilts (or kiruto in Japanese). Miniatures Bigger Quilts...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Little Toolie Tuesday - Crazy Quilt Set
This set, called the Victorian Needlework Ensemble, was designed and taught by Regina Madory Walter at the Chicago EGA National Seminar. The...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Hatsuhinode - First Sunrise of the New Year
Friday morning I got up at 4 am, so that I could walk about an hour and a half from my apartment to Miho Matsubara to see the first sunrise ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Golden Week 2022 - Miho no Matsubara
Yesterday I decided to walk to Miho no Matsubara. According to Google Maps, it's four and a half miles from where I live, so I had a nice wa...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Mr. Pringles Gets A New Look
I read that Mr. Pringles is getting a new look. Although his looks have already changed in the rest of the world, as of August 9th, the new ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 51
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 51 April 14 - 20 66, 70, 70, 64, 72, 75, 67 I am reporting the high temperature...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Clean Up Day!
After returning from my Okinawa trip with a broken arm, then being busy with the new term at work once my arm started healing, I haven't be...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday
I continued with some projects from last week. Blackwork Bands Beaded Ornaments I started a new project - it's going to be a pumpkin.
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Walk Back to Tokyo Station
After visiting Yasukuni Shrine , I decided it was time to head back to Tokyo Station and go home. I passed by Kudanzaka Park. I was lucky th...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: End of the Year WIP/UFO Update
Here it is the end of the year. What is still in the works? I last posted about my WIP/UFO's here . This is my latest update. I've taken...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Ups and Downs
I had been feeling pretty good after surgery until a few days ago, when I started having pain and pressure in my lower abdomen. I contacte...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: The Quilt Show Class
Friday, I went to a quilt show in Shizuoka City. I will post pictures from the show at some point. I want to write about this now, because i...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work in Progress Wednesday
Beady Fob progress - lots of progress this week: second layer of stitches and chain stitches for joining the two sides. Next step - beads. L...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: July 2023
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Hokkaido Kudasai: 2018 Smalls Stitch A Long - May
This month, I stitched a snowman ornament from a free chart that can be found here . I made the twisted cording with #5 perle cotton. ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: A Few More Ornaments
I made a more few ornaments, some as gifts. Happy Holidays!
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 38
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 38 January 13 - 19 48, 48, 45, 50, 52, 48, 52 Year 2 so far (white papers st...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Blackwork Stitch A Long - Box of Delights Finish!
I have totally enjoyed working on this piece and hate for it to end, but finished it is! The charts for this project allow for a...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 10
Year five of the temperature quilt Week 10 July 4 - 10 70, 77, 81, 86, 77, 75, 91 I am reporting the high temperature each day. My Year ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: How Many? - Part 1
How many stitch kits does one stitcher need? My little toolies were all mixed up with all the different projects I have been working ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Ueno Toshogu Shrine
After visiting the Ueno Zoo, I headed to Ueno Toshogu Shrine. It was a great day to spend at Ueno Park.
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Japanese Rules - In English
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 37
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 37 January 6 - 12 45, 50, 50, 46, 39, 57, 43 Sarah at Sarah Did It! is co...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Now I Have Three
The dancers in my hula group wear different matching skirts each week and they all seem to have at least a dozen skirts each. For the most...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Gifts That Are Appreciated
I made a small fish quilt in January 2013 (machine pieced and hand quilted) and we gave it as a baby gift. When Ted was in the US last...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Beginning to Quilt
I've added some thin batting and the lining fabric to the hexagons and have begun some quilting, using two strands of Bravo and running or ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 27
Not much progress on the little project. Blame it on the Cathedral Windows. I attached the flap and found some batting. I hope to decide ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - White Button Tote
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Hokkaido Kudasai: La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona
La Sagrada Familia has been on my bucket list for quite some time and I was not disappointed! The construction began in 1882, under the dir...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Year End WIP/UFO Report
Has the year gone by already? What a strange year it has been. I last posted about my WIP/UFO's here . Here's my latest update. I've taken ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Thursday
Here is my stitched heart. I used threads leftover from another project. I haven't decided how I will finish finish it. I also worked on my ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Facial Recognition Vending Machine
Japan has long been a cash society, but recently is trying to move to paying cashless. Vending machines are everywhere you look with some t...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: May 2012
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - Huckweaving Finishes
I made the huckweaving samples into little zipper pouches. I used 12 mm zippers from Daiso. They were handsewn. I made this bigger piece int...
hokkaido kudasaifriday finishfinishes
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Another Carving Class
Wednesday I joined another carving class and decided to try a new project. This is what I started with. The finish will be a small Jizo stat...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Smart Phones for Seniors in Tokyo
I read an interesting item on SoraNews24 about older Tokyo residents and smart phones. In Shibuya Ward in Tokyo, the local government wants...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Okazaki Castle
This is the third of the Tokugawa Ieyasu related castles I visited in Aichi Prefecture one day last week. History from the Jcastle website ....
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 19
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 19, September 2 - 8 72, 79, 82, 90, 84, 84, 88 Sarah at Sarah Did It! is continuing...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Sunday Flea Market Adventure
On Sunday, the stitchers (and two husbands) did some flea market shopping and went out for lunch. First Flea Market This flea marke...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Holiday Trip
I've been planning a New Year Holiday trip for a couple of months now. I'm excited to be traveling on a train headed west. Of course I will ...
hokkaido kudasaiholidaytrip
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday
I started a new little holiday cross stitch. That pattern comes from my birthday present book. More on the Scarf I prepared the previously ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Smalls Stitch A Long 2019 - March
This month I made a blue hardanger heart ornament. This Stitch A Long is hosted by Mary of Mary's Thread .
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - Red Tree Ornament
This is a simple cross stitch ornament. I made the twisted cording from six strand floss.
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Hokkaido Kudasai: New Yokohama Theme Park
I read that the remains of the US Army's Kamiseya Communication Facility, which is a 20 minute train ride from downtown Yokohama, will ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - The Button Bag
This is the idea I had to make cross stitch boxes and add buttons. I used blue and white yukata fabric to go with the blue cross stitch fabr...
hokkaido kudasaifriday finishthe buttonbag
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Mask Making
I'm not a mask person, and so far, am not required to wear one. I made a few for someone else who does need to wear one at work. There ar...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Sampler Purse - Beads and Ribbons
I could have made do with the things I had, but I decided to just take a look at Kanariya. They had tons of trim, but only a few in the 3 ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Finished Runner
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Hokkaido Kudasai: The Elementary School Art Show
Usually the old City Hall Building in Shizuoka is closed when I am there on the weekend. My friend and I noticed it was open o...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday - More Windows
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday - A Little More on Several
I had another good week working on several projects, a little on each. I have now finished the ten petals on the stumpwork project. Nex...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Japanese Braille
I read an article on The Guardian's website about Lego making a new version of its toy bricks featuring braille. The braille bricks are the...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: 2014
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Atami Museum of Art - Yoshida Hiroshi, Memories of Landscapes
Last Sunday, I took the train to Atami and visited the Museum of Art. The museum is high on a hill and built into the side of the hill. Ther...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Stitch Group Sunday
The stitch group met on Sunday. One stitcher was unable to attend, but we had a new member this time. Two stitchers had finished thei...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival - Part 11 'The Last Part'
Queenie and I hope to see you at the Quilt Festival next year!
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Hokkaido Kudasai: June 2018
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Train Manners
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Great Barrier Reef Snorkeling Trip
There were many choices for snorkeling, but I chose Reef Daytripper because it was a smaller boat, with the maximum of 20 passengers. I m...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Another Tokyo Disney Price Increase
Tokyo Disney prices went up twice in 2021 , and once in 2020 . Beginning October 1, 2023, the variable ticket pricing for park tickets to To...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday - White Heart and a Few Flowers
I last worked on this a couple of months ago, before my surgery. After working on it this week, it is now ready to be made into an ornament...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Princess Yuriko Dies at Age 101
Princess Yuriko was born in 1923 to one of the elite families at the time. At age 18, Princess Yuriko married Prince Misaka, the younger bro...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Komoro Castle
The summer time Seishun Juhachi Kippu (five all day tickets on JR trains for 11,850 yen) is available from July 20th - September 10th). La...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish
I finished the Ice Moth piece into a pin cushion. (Just Nan design). I'm happy with how it turned out!
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Hokkaido Kudasai: A Few Updates
Missing snake in Yokohama The big snake I wrote about last week is still missing. The police and fire departments used an infrared camera...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 44
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 44 February 24 - March 2 55, 63, 54, 50, 46, 54, 57 Sarah at Sarah Did...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Fukuoka - Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum and Hakatamachiya Folk Museum
The Hakata Traditional Craft and Design Museum is a free museum, with beautiful displays and exhibits, but photos are not allowed inside. ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Kumano Kodo - The Steep Hike
(Day 6 - part1) This day was to be the most difficult hike, so I wanted to get started as soon as the sun came up. Breakfast at 6:30 am. ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: The Stream Near My Apartment
There is a small stream behind my apartment with birds and fish and turtles. I enjoy the "real live nature" living in the stream! The egr...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Watching and Waiting
Sometimes when I am in Sapporo, I have time in between other things. Often, I sit on a bench in Odori Park and watch people go by as I wai...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Japan Fish College
Did you know that Japan is the largest fish-eating country in the world? With only 20% of the land viable for use in agriculture, it is n...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Stitch Group - Candle Mat Start
I'm so happy to get together with my stitch group! One person was missing last time, so she finished her biscornu, then started the n...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: People You Meet
While waiting for the highway bus to take me from Naha to the northern part of the island, where the aquarium is, I noticed this wo...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - Scrappy Cat Quilt
I am please to show this finished quilt! I've enjoyed the hand quilting and it didn't take me long to do, once I got started. It measures a...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday - A Cat and A Window
I worked on the cat flapper ornament. I also started a new cathedral windows piece. I don't know if I'll will finish it this siz...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday
I continue working on the afghan. I started another little piece, but ran out of DMC 815. I think I probably have more somewhere around her...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work In Progress Wednesday - A Little Crooked
Stitching done, now to make it into the door hanger....
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Friday Finish - One Button
I've been admiring the Dorset Buttons that Queenie is making and adding to her crazy quilt project. You can see the block she is working o...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Hike to Ippomatsu Park and the Bird Temple
My friends invited me to join them on a hike to Ippomatsu Park and I was happy to accept. We started our hike up at this cemetery. Leadin...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Fob Progress
Before leaving on my trip, I worked on the fobs. I was able to finish eight of them and have two more that still need to be put together. ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Panda in Black and White
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Nara Deer Causing Injuries
The more than 1,000 native deer ( shika ) in Nara Park in Nara Prefecture are considered to be messengers of the gods and a natio...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Ready for the Backing
Did you guess that I would be combining the hexagons with the sashiko panel to make a table runner? I'm getting ready to pin the front to ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Lost, But Not Taken
At the Japanese hospital/doctor's office, you pay each time you visit. They don't send a bill in the mail. The good thing is that it doesn...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Crazy Quilt Bag Finish
I think I'm finished. I'm pleased with how it turned out. I added some bead fringe and two pockets inside made with Japanese fabric hexa...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Work in Progress Wednesday - Getting Unstuck #4 - Wallet Finish
I finished the stitching on this sampler some time ago, with the idea of making it into a wallet. You can see the finished stitched piece ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Jiun-ji Temple
This is a tidy Buddhist temple with some large scary statues. Each of these small statues have some little snacks that look like animal cr...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Japan is Missing an Island
It is a mystery. Japan is made up of many islands, including 158 uninhabited islands, and recently experts fear that one of them is miss...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 18
Year Three of the temperature quilt Week 18 August 25 - 31 86, 82, 82, 75, 90,79, 88 I am reporting the high ...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: There are no Fairies in Japan
Last week in English class we were talking about superstitions in Japan. I learned that when a top tooth falls out, it is good luck to thr...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Good Meat Day
I always enjoy word play (or number word play). In Japan, there are faux holidays created because of the way numbers look or sound. Nove...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Monday Morning Star Count - Week 40
Year Two of the temperature quilt Week 40 January 27 - February 2 50, 66, 48, 50, 54, 46, 55 Sarah at Sarah...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Fukuoka Castle Ruins and Ohori Park
I love seeing Japanese castles, so I couldn't pass up seeing the castle ruins in Fukuoka. They are located in a beautiful park, with a lak...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: McDonald's Memories
McDonald's doesn't seem to have the same appeal here in Japan as it does in the US. One of my high school age English students once told m...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Maneki-neko Pouch
The Maneki-neko (beckoning cat) is a common Japanese lucky charm. The figurine depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw, although to we...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Biwa Performance
Monday was a national holiday in Japan, so I had the day off work. I met two friends in Fuji City for lunch and to attend a Biwa Performanc...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: Angel Ornament Finish and Japanese Tourism Article
I had finished the cross stitch on this one a few months ago, then put it away without finishing the ornament. I pulled it out and did the...
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Hokkaido Kudasai: 2017 Smalls Stitch A Long - June
This year I plan to stitch the calendar cats (free charts at Happiness is Cross Stitching) . One small ornament per month, so this month i...
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