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By 7 the sun is already high in the sky and sunrise is over. So bright that you can’t see it is a perfectly blue and cloudless sky this morning. #ikijima #壱岐
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Enjoyed the opening session for #AAS2021. This is my first time attending. I marked down all the sessions I want to go to, and BOY am I glad this is done digitally because there is no way I would be able to physically attend all of these! The internet is my Time-Turner!
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This is the experience I was hoping for when we went to the top of Aso… unfortunately, not so much https://twitter.com/AnthonyQuintano/status/1373787472493170695
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Catch up day today. 6 days off the island. Drove 900 kms through 4 prefectures. Visited 4 museums, and a ton of historical places. Made some new friends along the way. Took about 1000 photos and videos which I have to go through. Was a really good trip.
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Join me in 2 days time with @Bec_Edo to talk about talking about books on the Japan Bookclub Clubhouse @joinClubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/M4ke2WDk
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Replying to @chadkoh
If you don’t know the story, here is a funny backgrounder https://youtu.be/htyHPh1KSvQ
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You know the story of the Sun Goddess hiding in the cave? 🌅 The gods came up with a lewd plan to get her out and bring the sun back to the world? 🥳 If you have 2.5 mins, come with me for a little walk [more details in the description]
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Good morning 👋 🌅 It’s your Canadian 🇨🇦 dad, walking the kids to school. Last night’s ferry ⛴ back to Iki was a little rough 🌬 🌊 so everyone is feeling a little groggy this morning. Only 2.5 days left in the school year! On Thu we fly ✈️ to Kyoto for Spring Break!
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After 6 days on the mainland I am catching the Diamond Iki back to the island. In the distance you can see Karatsu Castle. Still a bit hazy, but much more visible than when I first came last Tuesday.
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Replying to @kansaiterri
Sadly nope. We are headed back to Iki now. The best sense of the view we missed I got from this tissue box.
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Made it to the top of the volcano! 🌋 Look at that view!
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11yo: Hey Dad what’s a “stereo”?
Me: It’s like a CD player with big speakers <gestures>
11yo: That makes no sense
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Well that’s a workaround!
The recommendation was to register for a boat, and then spend the next 2 hours walking around until you could get in. Obviously was not like that at all… we paid the ca$h walked down the hill into the boat and were off.
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Replying to @wesinjapan
Haha! Wow! Hopefully it wasn’t because you got hit by another boat and fell out
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Replying to @chadkoh
Actually I have a few more pics from today’s adventure I can share:
- selfie above the gorge
- car parked beside me at the jinja - the guy caught me photographing and wasn’t too happy so I drove away quickly in case he was in the mood to “expel the barbarians”
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RT @jlfreeman6: I am a drop of rain
longing to fall
and dry up
in the Taklamakan
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RT @jlfreeman6: In #Uyghur culture, poetry is part of everyday life.
This week, I’m posting handwritten poems from the Uyghur diaspora + m…
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Replying to @shochu_danji
Pretty spectacular. On this trip I have driven oceanside inaka, plains inaka, foothills inaka, volcano caldera inaka, and alpine inaka. 田舎オンパレード！
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Replying to @chadkoh
We drove out of Minami-aso and the giant caldera of the volcano, through some really rugged mountains that reminded me of driving to my hometown, visited a bunch of places, then back up and into the volcano and now we are on the north side of Mt Aso. Tomorrow is Volcano Museum 🌋
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Today’s adventure (no 🧵 since making sure 2 kids don’t fall down a gorge kept me from Twitter)
Takachiho Gorge > Takachiho Jinja > Amanoiwato
This is where the first emperor of Japan is said to have descended from Heaven… biggest of the #kyushufirsts!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninigi-no-Mikoto
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Replying to @pjacksonmusic
It’s pretty sweet. But I think I was more impacted by Amanoiwato (video of that coming in a couple of days once I can get in front of my computer)
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Replying to @chadkoh
HiRes version posted to YouTube
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Replying to @chadkoh
Takachiho Gorge from above. Really magical place… even in the pouring rain
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Replying to @kansaiterri
Not a problem here… There were lots of people bumping into us! It was pouring rain, I had 8yo in the back, 11yo in the front both holding umbrellas… couldn’t see a THING until we got under that lip and I could take this selfie.
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CURRENT STATUS: Drove up and thru the caldera, then down and into the Land of the Gods. Now I am rowing a boat down the gorge
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson
The temple was heavily damaged during the floods 3 years ago. So when they rebuilt they made this fancy 宿坊 as an alternate revenue stream.
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Full vegan breakfast. Homemade bread with coconut oil and maple syrup, sweet potato soup, various salads, strawberry banana smoothie https://twitter.com/Nevin_Thompson/status/1373042142298312704
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372857242018455553?s=21
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Good morning! Some quick shots of the volcano caldera from our temple before too much rain and cloud coke in (sorry for the janky pano, I was juggling an umbrella and was in my 作務衣). You can see that it is pretty low, but MASSIVELY wide. Better pics later today when we head up
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Replying to @chadkoh
Tomorrow we will pack up the car and head to probably the BIGGEST of the #kyushufirsts, arguably the one that kicked the whole “Japan” thing off! Tune in tomorrow! 📺 Goodnight! 🌙 10/10
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Replying to @chadkoh
And now I am staying in a very fancy temple (click the thread to see some awesome shōjin cooking… everything is tofu!) 📿 9/10
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372857242018455553?s=21(original)
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Replying to @chadkoh
Picked up the family from the ferry and drove 3 hours to Mount Aso, the biggest volcano on Kyushu 🌋 8/10
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Replying to @chadkoh
After taking some sexy photos for my wife, went into an undersea reverse-aquarium 🐠🐟🐡 7/10
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372775062407835649?s=21
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Replying to @chadkoh
Recharged with a conbini sandwich at the local nuclear power station ☢️ 6/10
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372757894077112322?s=21(original)
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Replying to @chadkoh
Made it to the top 💪 5/10
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Replying to @chadkoh
Tried not to fall off the edge of castle ramparts 🏯 4/10
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Replying to @chadkoh
Arrived at the resort area of Yobuko 📸 3/10
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372715838126485504?s=21(original)
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Replying to @chadkoh
Drove along the ocean 🏖 2/10
https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1372708762650243077?s=21(original)
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Thread roundup of today’s adventures 🧵 1/10
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Replying to @chadkoh
精進料理 food photos!
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Today is the 1 year anniversary of the passing of my mother-in-law so we took the opportunity to stay at a temple in Aso. The priest did a special service for us once we arrived.
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Made it to the valley… first look at Aso
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Current status: just left Kumamoto and making a pit stop before heading up to the volcano! 🌋
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Replying to @toranosukev
Please do!
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Raced back to Karatsu ferry terminal to pick up the family. Now for a long, long 3 hour drive up the volcano to Aso!
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Replying to @laurie_ljg
Yeah I swear the fish are looking at me
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Replying to @chadkoh
That’s a LOT of stairs and it feels like I am walking into a set from LOST. But I made it! I will be making a full tour for YouTube later, but here is a quick taste. Strong winds and strong current!
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Okay! I’m doing it y’all! Hope my claustrophobia can handle it
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Replying to @chadkoh
Did those puns bomb? Not quite the reaction I was hoping for
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This is where I am going next: an UNDERSEA observatory!
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