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We lived in the Nishino District of Minamitane Town for three years before returning to America in order to complete the sale of our home in California. We made the decision to return to Tanegashima and make it our permanent home. We really enjoyed our three years in Minamitane Town and planned to return there but no homes were available. We found a home in the Noma District of Nakatane Town and decided to purchase the property. We very much like our property, the location of our property, and our wonderful neighbors. The fact is we are now considering moving because of the policies and lack of rule enforcement of the officials running Nakatane Town. There are four main problems we are dealing with on a daily basis. When we contacted Nakatane Town officials about these problems, no assistance was provided. We are also hoping to meet with Nakatane Town officials in order to discuss possible changes. We are planning to discuss these problems on our website, tanegashimajapan.com. If no changes are made to local policies then we plan to recommend to site visitors to avoid living in or visiting Nakatane Town and opting for Minamitane town as a better alternative. The following addresses the four problems in detail.
Private Land Maintenance

The farm adjacent to our home is the property of the adjacent neighbor. For a year after we moved to our home, no maintenance was done on the farmland. The farm was infested with cats, snakes, and a wide assortment of insects including an incredible amount of mosquitoes. We asked the neighbor to trim his grass but he declined. Then we began trimming the grass, trees, and bushes close to the border of our property to provide a barrier between our home and the farmland. We should not need to do this but we simply want to be able to enjoy our backyard.

We are now requesting Nakatane Town come up with a policy for owners of unused farmland to at least keep their land trimmed in order to reduce pests.
Hey friends. Many of you know I am rarely on the computer anymore. Today was a rainy day and I decided to catch up on messages and write this update on our situation. We are expecting a baby in a couple of months….another boy. We are of course very concerned about the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As of this writing (middle of April 2020) there are no reported cases on our island. There are now four cases though in the same prefecture (same political unit as a U.S. state) but on the section of the prefecture located on the main island of Kyushu. Recently a group of young Japanese students from all over Japan came to stay on this island for a year. This is an ongoing program which should have been canceled this year but was not. The residents of this island are pretty pissed off about this. The transmission of the virus by people who are infected but asymptomatic has been estimated at 25 – 50 percent of all cases. Asymptomatic transmission is especially prevalent among young children. Needless to say their presence on the island has created concern.

We made the decision to totally self isolate now. We only go to our farm and to the beaches where there are no people. We are no longer grocery shopping. We are purchasing all of our dry goods online and we are growing more fresh food at our farm than we can even use. We are currently using a quarter acre farm close to our house which belongs to our friends. They let us use it for free since they do not need to deal with weed control and because they are very nice. We are also growing most of our herbs on the quarter acre of land where our house is located and during the last couple of years, we put in over 200 fruits trees including about 40 different varieties in our yard and bordering our property.

We are home educating our kids which keeps us from dealing with school issues. And I spent the last couple of years changing our property into a place which is interesting and educational for our kids….basically converted our property into a virtual park….please see picture above. There is a huge animal habitat with a rock mountain and a pond which now has four turtles, snails, a variety of different tadpoles, frogs, and toads. There is a huge greenhouse where we are growing most of our herbs. There is a combination smoker and BBQ which we also use to make bread. A huge picnic table constructed with a concrete block base and wood top is located in the middle of the new recently installed sod. The foot area of the table is filled with beach river rocks for drainage and for foot massages. There is also a huge sandpit not shown in the picture. We are also converting the other three buildings on the property into a family room, a bedroom, and a playroom.

We are no longer meeting friends and very sad since we planned to get together a lot this Summer. Hopefully the virus is finished up at some point and we can return to normal once again. Hopefully all of our friends are engaged in social distancing and being wise during this very difficult time for humanity. Be smart and be safe. Please post a comment below if you like. Thanks.
Well now 2021, thank goodness, and with it the hope of a better year. 2020 sucked in so many ways, but nothing was more problematic than COVID-19, the virus that originated in China and quickly spread around the world becoming the pandemic that it continues to be up to the date of this writing. A world in turmoil as the number of cases and deaths reached numbers unprecedented in modern history. With economies crumbling, schools closing, and record unemployment, it seemed like the virus touched people in every corner of the planet. But not us. Why? Because we planned ahead. No we’re not psychic, and certainly we had no way to know this virus was coming, but we were prepared nonetheless. Will this be the last worldwide pandemic?....doubt it. Will this be the last time economies take a turn for the worst?....no way. Can you do something to prepare for these problems in the future?....you bet.

There are many reasons why we were barely affected by this pandemic. All it took was a little bit of thought, a lot of action, and the patience to ride this through. I have always been pretty conservative in my thinking, especially when it comes to family and money. I consider myself to be an optimist but my thinking is also firmly based in reality with a very strong “shit happens” attitude. I have been though a lot, good and bad, resulting in life being a very good teacher of what might be someday. I grew up in a very middle class family and knew the value of a dollar, food, shelter, and all the other necessities we humans need for a normal existence. My family was my education and my many years of experience taught me to focus on one thing, and one thing only….security for my family. The following is an overview of the way we live now. We are certainly not a conventional family by any means and being out of mainstream society enabled us to get through these difficult times. How did we accomplish this amazing feat (simple actually)….read on.

SIMPLICITY – I googled the word materialistic trying to find the opposite meaning and the best I could come up with was nonmaterialistic….duh. Anyway that would probably be the best word to describe our family, along with simplistic, and even minimalistic. Basically things don’t matter to us much. Sure we have all the modern conveniences but we do keep out “stuff” to a minimum. Our motivations are different though. I don’t like unnecessary or unused things simply because they tend to get in the way, while my wife doesn’t like them around because it means more house cleaning. Our kids want for nothing as they have plenty of lego, educational games, and of course their ipad. What more do they need. They were not over spoiled from day one and are happy with what they have and rarely ask for more.

CASH – I really hate, no strike that, I will not pay for anything with credit. This is key to avoiding the economic effects of a pandemic. I know of many friends, mostly Americans, who live paycheck to paycheck, have a very high percentage of their incomes devoted to loan payments, and depend on two incomes to make it every month. How do these people sleep at night? We purchased our home with cash, along with our two buses and truck, and aside from buying dry food online, we rarely make purchases. When we do, it is always cash.

Work – We don’t work, at least in the conventional sense. I retired at age 40, when I disposed of a very successful real estate appraisal business, and returned to college, this time to obtain a degree in Japanese studies. I made a commitment to myself at that time to take steps to avoid ever needing to work again. We make a bit of money from Google ads on my Fun Easy English language learning site and that’s it. We are fortunate to be in Japan where health insurance is based on income, which means mega cheap for us. Luckily savings in the bank are excluded from premium calculations. And kids are totally free until something like 16 years old. In addition, Japan issues a sizeable monthly disbursement per child to families regardless of income.

Expenses – We are able to cut our expenses mostly due to the benefits of being on this wonderful island. The beaches, our favorite fishing spots, and everything else we need is within a few minutes drive. This greatly reduces fuel expenses, in fact, we drive only a couple of thousand kilometers per years, all three vehicles combined. Thanks to the moderating effects of the ocean, very little money is needed for heating and cooling. We use wood in our BBQ and smoker for much of our cooking during the Summer months. We barely own any clothes….not needed in this place. Not saying the locals are dumpy but many of them are farmers and can’t be bothered to worry about fashion. And the surfers walk around half naked much of the year. We are happy to feel comfortable dressing simply, okay dumpy, without the fashion requirements of living in the city.

Farming – We are very involved with our farms which are now supplying 100 percent of our fruit and veggie needs. We use a huge farm which belongs to our friend and are in the process of purchasing a couple of adjacent farms which will double our production. We already produce way more than we can use and plan on selling the surplus in the next couple of years. We use much of the excess produced as a repayment in kind for things we receive from our friend. A couple of our friends work on fishing boats and come to the house every week or so with tons of fish which is one of our main sources of protein and omega 3 oils. The kids really like eating fish.

Property – I converted this place into a virtual park. Plenty of things for the kids to do and a wonderful yard for relaxing. We rarely even feel the need to leave this property.

Education – Our kids have been home with us since they were born. They are being “home learned” and did not need to go through the stress of being in school and then going through school closings during the pandemic.
My Healthy Diet

I am definitely not a health food nut, not even close. I do try and eat good though. Back in 2019, I found out, by self diagnosis, that I had RA, AKA rheumatoid arthritis. We had a Summer party at the house during August of that year and I drank, what might be referred to as, an insane amount of beer with my friends. The next day I got what is known in the RA world as a “flare up”, which is basically an intense amount of pain in a set of joints on your body. In this case, it was my hips. I couldn’t walk, at all, for three days without assistance. I had to pee in a PET bottle and eat while lying on the floor….I was miserable.

I was easily able to give up beer after that day but continued to drink wine and eat refined carbohydrates, which are inflammatory, and although the flare up subsided, I wasn’t in the nutrition place that I wanted to be. Then a couple of years later, I changed my diet, dramatically. I’m now a couple of years into my new menu and I’m feeling way better with more energy and more mental focus. I decided to write about my new menu, not as a golden rule of what to eat, but as merely an example of what is working for me. Here goes.

Breakfast

This is the meal that is easiest for me to eat very little, or to avoid altogether. I usually need a bit of energy to make it to lunch and generally eat the following every day.

Yogurt with fruit
A few pieces of home made granola bar
A half cup of coffee with a little unsweetened soy milk and brown sugar

Lunch

This is by far my favorite meal of the day, and most important, since I generally expend most of my energy in the afternoon. Lunch is the same every day.

Fish 2 large Pacific Saury
Natto a full bowl of these fermented soybeans
Kimchi A half bowl of fermented veggies in spicy sauce
Tofu A full bowl with seaweed and/or cut veggies mixed in
Veggies A full bowl of fresh cut veggies with miso sauce
Herbal tea with homegrown herbs, usually mint or lemongrass

Dinner

This is the tough one for me. My wife is a fantastic cook, and although she cooks healthy meals, and uses healthy oils, like olive and sesame, she does like to make fried food on occasion. Dishes like tempura, fried chicken, and fried fish are my weakness although I do try to eat as little as possible.
YAKUSHIMA TRIP NOTES

Getting There

The first trip to Yakushima did not get off to the best beginning. The car ferry (get name later) was much smaller than the Hibiscus ferry we were used to riding. This ferry has a rule that only the driver can be in the car when driving aboard to the parking spot. No an iron clad rule however, since we were all able to ride in the car together when embarking back at Tanegashima. The other problem was the ride itself. The winds and therefore the waves were unbelievable. Not unusual for this time of year between the two islands but this smaller ferry was being thrown all over the place. My wife began not feeling good from the onset while it took me and my son an extra few minutes before getting a little sick. We laid on our sides on the couches for the remainder of the trip. This one hour ride messed us all up for much of the day. We still went hiking but our desire to do a lot was greatly reduced.

The return trip to Tanegashima was better albeit still pretty rough. We made a better choice this time and went to the room in the middle level and laid on the carpeted floor for the entire trip.

Staying There

We stayed at a minshuku (get name later) called xxxx. This is a small family owned business with a few buildings very close to xxxx port. Be aware that these are shared accommodations. The building we stayed at had three bedrooms. The bathroom, shower, and kitchen were all shared spaces. We were lucky the first night and had the place to ourselves. The second night however, a Japanese guy stayed in one of the rooms. Not really an issue but still not what we expected. The place was very new though with a nice kitchen and shower and a western style toilet complete with all the cool buttons for washing your privates.

Shiratani Hiking

We arrived at a little after 2 pm at the Shiratani visitor center. We were still pretty wiped out and planned to only hike a short distance today. I packed way too much stuff as usual. We paid our 300 yen per person entrance fee and were on our way. The course is divided into xxxx sections, the xxxx. We decided to go for the easy trail and push it the first day. The first tree we saw was the Yayoisugi Cedar which was very close to the beginning of the trail. Most of this trail is man made with wooden boards and what appear to be slate paver tiles. We came up on a suspension bridge. There are quite a few of these along the trails and afford great views upstream and downstream. Once we came to the junction to return to the entry we realized this was way too short a hike and decided to continue on. The trail became much more difficult with sticking out tree roots and large rocks. There were also a lot of stairs.
To Nakatane Town
We are writing to complain about the Nakatane Town Abuse, Misuse, and Overuse of the Disaster Prevention Radio System. The daily announcements and time chimes are very loud in our home and constitute noise pollution. Specifically we want the time chimes and all announcements that are non disaster related to not be broadcast over the public speakers. We are contacting the appropriate Japanese noise related agencies to file complaints. All of our concerns are listed on the following page.
https://tanegashimajapan.com/communities-nakatane-town-noise-pollution-from-the-abuse-misuse-overuse-of-public-announcements-using-the-disaster-prevention-radio-system.htm
Please read this page and then reply to this email at your earliest convenience.
Akiko Hayman

Human Rights Office in this town
CRAZY RAIN CONTINUES
A location in Kagoshima, the Japanese prefecture where our island is located, received over 400 mm (about 16 inches) of rain in 24 hours, a new record.
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All related to climate change.
According to your email the current owner purchased the property for $25,000. We are currently using the following website to search for properties in Hokkaido.
http://www.ralsnet.com/hokkaido/sale/chuko.htm
There are currently 390 properties selling for $25,000 or less. There are many livable properties currently for sale for the same price the owner paid for the property.

We are now living on Tanegashima and decided to move to Hokkaido for various reasons. We are looking for a property that is $25,000 or less that is basically livable. This is going to be the first time for us to live in Hokkaido and we are simply looking for a house that we can move into with all of our stuff. Then if we do not like the house location, or the house itself, we will already be in Hokkaido and can look for the house we really want.

The property for sale has the following issues.

There are no toilets.
The property can only support a pit toilet which needs to be sucked out every month.
The property is located adjacent to a landslide zone.
The property is located in a valley close to, and at a lower elevation from, Shin Nakano Dam and reservoir, a potantial hazard.
The property is located close to the Kameda River and in a possible flood zone.
The four lots included in the sale together result in a long and narrow property which is not as usable as a standard square or rectangular lot.
The property appears to be adjacent on both sides to businesses.
The house appears to have the following problems, outside wall on the south side of the property is cracked and possibly unstable, flooring in the kitchen is damaged and needs replacing, flooring in the laundry room is damaged and needs replacing, flooring in other rooms are taped or damaged and need to be replaced, closets and built in cabinets need repair, interior walls are damaged and peeling.
In addition, the house has been vacant for many years. There are no guarantees of the following, the roof might be leaking, the plumbing system might not be working, the electrical system might not be working, the foundation might be cracked. The house could easily require $15,000 - $20,000 to complete all these repairs and make the house livable.

Due to the issues mentioned above, and the competing properties currently on the market which are livable and come with guarantees, we feel $25,000, the original price the owner paid for the property, is reasonable. Please let the owner know we will consider purchasing the property for $25,000 in as is condition. We are actively looking for a Hokkaido property at this time but will continue to negotiate with the owner for the purchase of this property until we locate an alternative property to purchase. We are looking forward to knowing the thoughts of the owner. Please let us know at your convenience.
When this property went on the market.
Does everything work in the house.
Does the house have sewer or septic.
Is there a basement.
We are now on Tanegashima. We want to move to a cold climate. We were looking for properties in the $10,000 range as a first house to move. Then we would look for a different house after arriving in Hokkaido. We thought this is better and cheaper than traveling many times to Hokkaiko to look at houses. $30,000 is more than we were hoping to pay for the first house. We would like to know what is the lowest the owner would accept for this house.
Do you think the house would be okay if vacant for a year including the plumbing.
The following links to my blog will give you a better idea of our thinking about the move and other things.
https://howiehayman.com/
https://howiehayman.com/thoughts-japan-comparing-and-analyzing-differences-between-tanegashima-island-and-hokkaido-japan-to-determine-the-best-place-to-live.htm
Please let me know your thoughts when you can. Until then.
1/11/2024 10 degree camping at the mountain
SAMBAR CLASSIC BUSES FOR SALE
Hey Friends. We are moving from Tanegashima. We are selling our classic Sambar buses. The buses were used up in our mountain as bedrooms for camping. Now each bus is being checked by our friend who owns a car repair company to make sure the buses are in good running condition. Each bus is a classic and has automatic transmission. These buses are really cute and perfect for surfers, farmers, or for camping. We are selling these for a low price because we need to focus on selling our house and our mountain. If you are interested in these buses, please send me a message in Facebook in either English or Japanese and my wife Akiko will return your message. Thank you very much.

サンバーディアスクラシック　セール中
引っ越しに伴い、サンバー車を売り出し中です。
サーファー・ファーマー、またキャンプなどにピッタリです。
２０万円　赤色車
２０万円　青色車
１０万円　茶色車
もしご興味がある方はフェイスブックからメッセージをお願いします。（英語日本語どちらでも可）

SAMBAR DIAS CLASSIC BUSES FOR SALE
We are moving from Tanegashima. We are selling our classic Sambar buses. These buses are perfect for surfers, farmers, or for camping.
200,000yen　 for the red bus.
200,000yen　 for the blue bus.
100,000yen　 for the brown bus.
We are selling these for a low price because we need to focus on selling our house and our mountain. If you are interested in these buses, please send me a message in Facebook in either English or Japanese and my wife Akiko will return your message. Thanks.

Subaru Bus For Sale - 10万円
We are moving off the island and reduced the price of the bus from 20万円 to 10万円. The bus was inspected and is in good condition. Send message or post a comment if you want to purchase this bus. Thanks.
https://yubimori.com/buses.htm
We are selling and giving away a bunch of stuff before we move. We are using many of these things up until we move but will be selling and giving away these items over the next few months. Please keep checking this page to see which items are available. Thanks.
https://yubimori.com/miscellaneous.htm

Free Wood
We are offering free wood from our mountain. We are selling the mountain and there is a lot of cut wood that we will not be able to use. This wood is really good for firewood or for wood projects. The wood is mostly sugi, hinoki, and various types of oak. The wood is stacked in nice piles and waiting for you to come and transport it in your truck. There are signs posted at the access road and in front of the wood piles to make it easy for you to know which wood is available. Please click the following ling for directions to the mountain.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2aBHsrXTWPAmUY6J8
You can go at your convenience.

Free Wood
We are offering free wood from our mountain. We are selling the mountain and there is a lot of cut wood that we will not be able to use. This wood is really good for firewood or for wood projects. The wood is mostly sugi, hinoki, and various types of oak. The wood is stacked in nice piles and waiting for you to come and transport it in your truck. There are signs posted at the access road and in front of the wood piles to make it easy for you to know which wood is available. Please click the following ling for directions more information.
https://yubimori.com/miscellaneous.htm
You can go at your convenience.
TANEGASHIMA HOUSE FOR SALE
3DK

熊毛郡中種子町野間 中古戸建
木造: 3DK+別棟2棟+ガレージの居住・別荘向き平家建

所在地: 熊毛郡中種子町野間
間取り: 3DK
階数: 1階建
建物面積: 90.10m2 （27.25坪）
土地面積: 855.17m2 （258.68坪）
築年月: 1992年10月（築32年）
https://sanshin-home.info/estate/ebh/3714/0/76
https://sanshin-home.jp/sanshin/nakatanenoma-hhey1480.html
Hey Friends. I decided to leave Facebook….well kind of. I am not canceling my account. The fact is, Facebook is the only way to get in touch with friends from Kenmore (hometown) and San Diego, and these friends are really important. I am planning to check, maybe once a month for messages, and I am still accepting friend requests.

Beginning last year, I canceled basically all of my social media accounts. This year, due to recent events, I am no longer able to, in good conscience, use Facebook. Since the reelection, billionaire high tech industry executives went from extreme opposition to Trump, to ass kissing puppets. The worst has been Zuckerberg and his decision to remove fact checking from Facebook. Conservative influencers online are now more and more able to lie their way into, and sway the opinions of, young readers. The amount of misinformation and hate online is appalling, and now with money and power the only considerations, the momentum of the conservative agenda is only going to increase.

This is not only an American phenomenon, here in Japan the right wing conservative parties are gaining strength in Japanese government and emulating Trump at every turn. Social media has become a tool for conservatives. The democrats and liberals need to find another way to fight back before the current administration is too entrenched. Unfortunately I cannot, at this moment, come up with advice or solutions. At least for now, it seems like the only thing to be hoping for is that there really is another presidential election four years from now.

I am still going to post online on my personal blog.
https://howiehayman.com/
I am also trying to find a way to install a commenting application for friends to use for communication. Anyway, best of luck to all of you and keep the faith. The only constant in The Universe is CHANGE.
UNTIL THEN.
Hey Daniel. Please feel free to ask anything you like either to me or my wife, Akiko. Regarding why we are selling….Akiko’s parents are getting old and live in Nara. She wanted to be a train ride away from them in case they need her for something. We moved to the city next to Okayama where the Shinkansen train station is located and gives her easy access to go to their place if needed.

The mountain on Tanegashima can be a permanent residence if you like. We made numerous calls to Nishinoomote city and they said the following. You are able to build up to a 10 square meter cabin without notifying the city. You are able to build up to a 200 square meter home, in which case, you simply need to notify the city but there are no building requirements and no building or completion inspections. Basically you can do whatever you want. We were planning to build a half circular cabin to get the most out of the view of the reservoir.

There are no utilities to the property. We opened up a large area of the forest which faces south and would be perfect for solar panels. The city gave verbal permission to use the reservoir for drinking or irrigation. You could easily grow your own food in the huge farm we made there. The farm is totally netted to keep out deer. You can also obtain a license to catch the deer as a food source if you are so inclined.

Kind of interesting you guys were there a couple of years ago. Our campsite was probably at the farm which we subsequently moved to the site with the reservoir view. Actually we spent about two years living in four buses. We used portable forms of energy and brought all of our drinks in huge containers. We usually stayed for four days and three nights before returning home. We made an outside toilet at different spots in the forest.

The nice thing about this land is the isolation although it backs to a public park and of course the reservoir. A public toilet is only a six minute walk from the campsite. The entire property is located in a designated wilderness zone resulting in no property taxes. There are hundreds of sugi and hinoki trees on the land which could be used for building a cabin. We put in about 16 varieties of banana trees along with other fruit trees. The soil in the farm area is light clay and loaded with organic materials.

Please check out this link for more details and let us know if you are interested in purchasing the property.

https://howiehayman.com/property-mountain.htm

We are happy to work with you about price. We are not in a hurry to sell so please consider this purchase at your leisure. Looking forward to talking with you again. Until then.

WE ARE SELLING OUR MOUNTAIN
私たちは山を売っています。
Tanegashima Mountain For Sale
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Daily blog mistakes
2 days of 3/17
no 4/4
4/9 no date
Okayama Temperatures
1994 29.8 29.8
1994 34.6 34.9
1994 25.6 25.6
2020/2024 29.9
2024 35.7
2010 26.9
1 ryube = 1 cu meter
1 2 ton truckload equals 1.5 cu meters
10 cu meters equals 7 truckloads
Growth is painful, change is painful, but nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong ~ [Forward from a friend]
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A Bit of Personal History

The year was 2016 and I was sitting with my wife and two sons watching the presidential election results come in from our small rental house on a small island in Japan. We watched online and stared at the computer screen in disbelief as Trump pulled off an upset win and became the 45th president of the United States of America. Who would have thought? We were in the process of selling my condo in California and purchasing a property up in the San Diego county mountains....all being negotiated online. We had no choice since the owner of the rental home had plans to use the house again. Rather than wait to get kicked out, we took matters into our own hands and made the decision to move back to America. This plan became clouded thanks to the election of Trump but the wheels of relocation were already in motion.

I was distraught and spent hours online over the span of a few weeks writing about Trump in the hopes some of my efforts would result in changes and things would improve before we returned to California. Nothing changed and after only six months, we sold the mountain property and returned to our small little island in Japan.

Anyway, many of these posts seem relevant once again as a second tRUMP presidency is becoming more and more possible this year.
DECIDED TO LEAVE FACEBOOK

Hey Friends. I decided to leave Facebook….well kind of. I am not canceling my account. The fact is, Facebook is the only way to get in touch with friends from Kenmore (hometown) and San Diego, and these friends are really important. I am planning to check, maybe once a month for messages, and I am still accepting friend requests. Beginning last year, I canceled basically all of my social media accounts. This year, due to recent events, I am no longer able to, in good conscience, use Facebook. Since the reelection, billionaire high tech industry executives went from extreme opposition to Trump, to ass kissing puppets. The worst has been Zuckerberg and his decision to remove fact checking from Facebook. Conservative influencers online are now more and more able to lie their way into, and sway the opinions of, young readers. The amount of misinformation and hate online is appalling, and now with money and power the only considerations, the momentum of the conservative agenda is only going to increase. This is not only an American phenomenon, here in Japan the right wing conservative parties are gaining strength in Japanese government and emulating Trump at every turn. Social media has become a tool for conservatives. The democrats and liberals need to find another way to fight back before the current administration is too entrenched. Unfortunately I cannot, at this moment, come up with advice or solutions. At least for now, it seems like the only thing to be hoping for is that there really is another presidential election four years from now. I am also trying to find a way to install a commenting application for friends to use for communication. Anyway, best of luck to all of you and keep the faith. The only constant in The Universe is CHANGE. UNTIL THEN.
Climate Change Affecting Tanegashima Island
Now June 2024 and we are in the middle of the East Asian rainy season (Japanese: 梅雨; rōmaji: tsuyu), also called the plum rain, is caused by precipitation along a persistent stationary front known as the Meiyu front for nearly two months during the late spring and early summer in East Asia between China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan. The wet season ends during the summer when the subtropical ridge becomes strong enough to push this front north of the region. These weather systems can produce heavy rainfall and flooding. Today is June 17 and it is raining like crazy. Our yard is flooded and the habitat for our turtles is close to overflowing for the first time….the walls are about 30 cm high. When I made my website for the island, TanegashimaJapan.com, back in 2014, the annual precipitation was 2237.6 mm (88.094 inches), but now fast forward to the present and those totals are now 2532.5 cm (99.70 inches) for 2024. Climate change has now only increased the annual rainfall totals but has also increased the intensity and duration of the rainy season which now typically lasts for about a month. Incidentally, our home is located in the middle of the peanut shaped island shown on the radar map for June 17, 2024. Our mountain is located a few kilometers above Nishinoomote City which is shown on the map.
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11/17/2024
COUPLE OF EARTHQUAKES
Yup a whole lot of shaking going on tonight. A 3.6 magnitude earthquake a little after 7 pm right off the coast of our little island and then a 6.2 magnitude earthquake about two hours later off the coast of a neighbor island.
8/28/2024
TYPHOON
Now getting slammed compliments of typhoon ShanShan, a category 3 storm spinning off the southern coast of this island.
https://www.accuweather.com/.../west-pacific/shanshan-2024
Really strong winds and torrential rains with the worst to come this evening. After lunch need to go out and close the storm windows. Spent the last few days harvesting most of our crops at our house and up at our mountain. This weekend planning to head up to our mountain to assess the damage. This is actually the second year in a row an August storm destroyed the farms. Hey this kind of stuff builds character….right? We were already planning to move from the island and this is the catalyst we needed for the last push into that decision. Much more about the move to come. Until then.
Hayman Agroforest

We purchased a mountain in the Northern section of Tanegashima island in Japan. This is our team, me, my wife, and our three sons. We are already working together on our agroforesty project along with enjoying frequent camping trips at our mountain. The following is basic information about our project with much more to come.

Vision

To see changes in the standard farming practices used in Japan and around the world, specifically, growing food without the use of chemicals such as fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. To show that a forest can be utilized as a productive resource while still maintaining the natural habitat.

Mission

• Create a sustainable land management system
• Engage in farming methods which use only organic materials and result in minimal changes to the existing natural flora
• Show that mountainous, forested land can be utilized to produce high yields and be profitable
• Increase the biodiversity of our forest
• Improve soil structure and health
• Reduce erosion
• Increase carbon sequestration through the selective planting of trees and shrubs to compensate for the removal of native vegetation
• Incorporate organic methods for pest control
• Create an agroforest that is both productive and aesthetically pleasing
• To educate others about our successes
• To be part of what we hope will be a growing trend towards food production which, not only provides for the present, but is 100% sustainable and beneficial to future generations
Month 3 or 4 of 2016 seems like tried to make an English school on the island.
12/9/2013 MySpace page screenshot
Toyota truck – purchased 5/30/86 for $11,500 ?
Toyota 4Runner – purchased 1/30/90 for $11,500 ?
Kenmore Days
I thought it might be nice to put a few thoughts about my time in Kenmore and Tonawanda. Certainly was fun bowling at MilSher lanes....seems like that place is still there, although with a different name.
This is all about fun in Japan over the last few years. We traveled to America from December 6, 2012 until March 4, 2013, therefore no entries in the Japan section during those weeks.
A collection of adventures in my own country. Hopefully international students from my English sites will find these posts interesting. We returned to Japan on March 4, 2013.
AMERICA INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY
Date – July 4, 2015
Time – 12pm until ????
Location – Our House
Ariyoshisan
4月27日の午後2時頃から、御手洗集落の●●さんが行方不明になっています。
身体的特徴は、身長160㎝、やせ型、白いひげを生やしています。
今のところ有力な情報がなく、見つかっていません。町民の皆様におかれましては、倉庫や空き家を探していただき、情報があれば●●●までご連絡をお願いいたします。
"Albert is a very poor student. He is mentally slow, unsociable and is always daydreaming. He is spoiling it for the rest of the class. It would be in the best interests of all if he were removed from school immediately."
- Albert Einstein's Teacher
Quote: "He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past." - Kane
June 4 – lunar eclipse – 7:00 pm
June 6 – venus transit – 7:00 am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus,_2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus
Typhoon
9/30/12
really strong winds and rain in the afternoon
Classes began 7/2012
January 1
5 miles hiking cowles mountain
January 2
5 miles hiking cowles mountain
6 miles running
2 miles bike riding
1 hour workout
January 3
8 miles walking running
January 4
20 miles bike riding
January 5
8 miles walking running
January 6
8 miles walking running
January 7
5 miles hiking cowles mountain
January 8
5 miles hiking cowles mountain
5 miles walking visitors center
Weight 12/10/2012
173-124-32
1/11/2012
172-124-35
A METEOR HIT THIS PLANET
Hey one of those who does not watch the news or read the newspaper. Usually get crap from friends who say you need to know what is going on in the world. Anytime telling them no doubt someone is going to inform me if a meteor is going to hit this planet. Then my wife came up to me and said hey a meteor hit this planet. Funny.
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/meteorite-fragments-are-said-to-rain-down-on-siberia.html?_r=0
https://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/?hpt=hp_t1
Date For Both: February 23, 2013
Picnic Time: 12:00 pm
After Party Time: 5:00 pm until ????
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=32.791908,-117.044164&spn=0.000842,0.001321&t=h&z=20
FUN EASY ENGLISH COMMENT

This comment was posted on my Fun Easy English site within the last 24 hours.

“We discovered your website through a monk in Vientiane, Laos, who was using it to learn better English.
He had graduated college and is now teaching Buddhism to eight and nine year old boys at a temple.
His English was very good which he attributed to doing your daily lessons. Keep up the good work.”

Although I am probably not going to be a millionaire from making this site, it is comments like these which make the years of work worthwhile.
Definitely gratifying to know my site is making a difference in the world.

Thanks to all of you for using Fun Easy English and for giving me motivation to make even more lessons.
Really looking forward to seeing all of you in the classroom again.
3/1/13
Met a girl at the sd zoo who was a research assistant for a professor at a well known university in southern California.
She was working on a study about the interactions between bonobos and people.
She said that they interact much more with kids than adults but she was not allowed to put anything in her report about kids due to legal issues with the zoo. Put this in the comments section.
Elephant Kashimashi
エレファントカシマシ
Japan - 2013 April 19-21 - Amanohashidate, Kyoto
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Japan Home Improvement Products
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5/14 back problem
104 aji
2 saba
2 gashira
1 mebaru
friend came 6/18 and went home 6/20
rain from 6/19 – 6/21
Record Fishing Trip
strange fish 1
perch small 1
perch medium 1
iwashi 18
saba 13
mame aji 364
English Name - South Border
Japanese Name - South Border
Romaji Name - Sausu Boodaa

Cafe
English Name - Ohisama Cofee
Japanese Name - おひさまコーヒー
Romaji Name - Ohisama Koohii
Picture Number - None - want the actual name of the beach
English Name - Nagahama Beach
Japanese Name - 長浜海岸
Romaji Name - Nagahama Kaigan
7 Picture Number - 7 - Picture from Homan Pond - want the actual name of this place
English Name - Homan Pond
Japanese Name - 宝満の池
Romaji Name - Houman no Ike
8 Picture Number - 8 - Small hotel - want the name of this place and what this is
English Name - Ebinoyu
Japanese Name - 恵美之湯
Romaji Name - Ebinoyu

https://www.ebinoyu.com
9 Picture Number - 9 - Picture from rocket viewing place - want actual name
English Name - Ebinoyu View Park
Japanese Name - 恵美之江展望公園
Romaji Name - Ebinoyu Tenbou Kouen
10 Picture Number - 10 - Picture of beach in front of hotel - want actual name of beach
English Name - Takesaki Beach
Japanese Name - 竹崎海岸
Romaji Name - Takesaki Kaigan
11 Picture Number - 11 - Want actual name of hotel
English Name - Iwasaki Hotel
Japanese Name - 岩崎ホテル
Romaji Name - Iwasaki Hoteru
12 Picture Number - 12 - Want actual name of onsen
English Name - 　Minamitane Town Kawachi Onsen Center
Japanese Name - 南種子町河内温泉センター
Romaji Name - Minamitanecho Kawachi Onsen sentaa
13 Picture Number - 13 - Want actual name of this place and what this is
English Name - Okazaki Shouten　（ramen restaurant)
Japanese Name - おかざき商店（しまぐろラーメン）
Romaji Name - Okazaki Shouten (shimaguroraamen)
14 Picture Number - 14 - Want actual name of this place and what this is - sumo was at this place
English Name - Minamitane Town Sumo Play ground
Japanese Name - 南種子町　相撲場
Romaji Name - Minamitane town sumouba
15 Picture Number - 15 - Want actual name of this event
English Name - Tanegashima Shumo competition
Japanese Name - 種子島相撲大会
Romaji Name - Tanegashima Sumou Taikai
16 Picture Number - 16 - Want actual name of this restaurant and what type of restaurant
English Name - Kuroshio (Japanese food, Shushi)
Japanese Name - 宴彩　黒潮
Romaji Name - Saien Kuroshio
17 Picture Number - 17 - This is a picture at the pond again
English Name - Houman Pond
Japanese Name - 宝満の池
Romaji Name - Houman no Ike
18 Picture Number - 18 - Want actual name of this shrine
English Name - Houman Shrine
Japanese Name - 宝満神社
Romaji Name - Houman Jinjya
4/4 bus transfer New Orleans
12/77 card from Darlene
1975 calendar Grand Canyon
1975 trophy first place junior Christmas tournament
1974 trophy champs Tuesday summer sweats
2/17/79 files 8 months anniversary with TAQ
July 2006
Form I-693 Fee - $0
Form I-131 Fee - $170
Form I-130 Fee - $190
Form I-325A Fee - $0
Form I-864 Fee - $0
Form I-485 Fee - $325 and $70 BSE
Form I-765 Fee - $180
$935 Total
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Present - Now retired but not retired and living in Japan. Perpetually self-employed and now the world's greatest English teacher and owner of 8 websites, links listed below. Please visit them when you can.

http://howiehayman.com/
http://funeasyenglish.com/
http://japaneselanguageculturefood.com/
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/
http://englishglobalgroup.com/

Previous - From Kenmore, New York, the best place on the planet. Moved to San Diego, California and still maintain a home there. Business degree from SDSU with emphasis in Real Estate and Geological Sciences. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate from SDSU. AA Degree in Japanese studies from Grossmont College. Former owner of a successful San Diego, California real estate appraisal company.

Profile information
Your name, birth date, work and education information and places you've lived that you've added to your profile
Name Howie Hayman
Profile https://www.facebook.com/HowieHayman
Registration date Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 3:11 AM UTC+09:00
Emails
sandiegocaliforniaevents@hotmail.com
howiehayman@facebook.com (Previous email)
Birthday Apr 2, 1920
Gender Male
Current city Nishinomote-shi, Kagoshima, Japan
Hometown Buffalo, New York
Education
SDSU American Language Institute
College
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Certificate
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
(Jan 27, 2022 2:02:32pm)
Grossmont College
College
Associates Degree in Japanese Studies
Associates Degree in Japanese Studies
Japanese
(Jan 27, 2022 1:58:03pm)
San Diego State University
College
B.S. Degree in Fianance, emphasis Real Estate
B.S. Degree in Fianance
Real Estate
(Jan 27, 2022 1:55:38pm)
The School of Hard Knocks.
High school
High School Dropout and Proud.
(Jan 24, 2022 4:47:31pm)
Workplace
Hayman Agroforest
Owner/Farmer/Self-Reliant Human
Our 4.5 acre agroforest located adjacent to Saikyo Dam and Reservoir in the northern section of Tanegashima Island. We are engaged in an extensive agroforestry project on land we recently purchased with the intent on showing a new and self-sustainable way of living. NO CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS....NO PESTICIDES....NO HERBICIDES....100 % NATURAL.
(Jan 24, 2022 4:45:58pm)
Screen names
funeasyenglish (Twitter) (Jan 25, 2022 4:17:48pm)
Fun Easy English (YouTube) (Jan 25, 2022 4:17:48pm)
Political Views
Optimistic (Really hoping someday politicians, governments, and humans in general, will finally learn from history and work together to end war, persecution, poverty, famine, and all the other problems affecting The World.)
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Websites
https://haymanagroforest.com/
https://funeasyenglish.com/
https://tanegashimajapan.com/
https://howiehayman.com/
Favorite quotes Knowledge is power. No changes are permanent but change is. - Rush Pain is a thing of the mind. The mind can be controlled. - Spock There are things you can change and things you cannot....The important thing is knowing the difference.
Bio Visit our Island and Agroforest at: HowieHayman.com Learn American English at: FunEasyEnglish.com
(Feb 03, 2022 10:05:56am)
8/3/2011 google map of ando town
4/27-29/2024 About 4-8 announements per day for a missing old guy on the island.
2010 Edufire teaching.
IMMIGRATION
Word file 7/9/2007

Childhood immunization record
Must show which immunizations (shots) you received
The report must be faxed to 619-461-8662
The fax cover letter must say
ATTN: Christina or Dr. Michael J. Feinstein

or

Send using next day mail to

Dr. Michael J. Feinstein
6280 Jackson Drive, Suite 8, Second Floor
San Diego, CA 92119
United States
ATTN: Christina or Dr. Michael J. Feinstein
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Date Issued: 29 AUG 06
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Tax/Fee/Charges: BT YC
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BULK TKT USD/VALID ON UNITED AIRLINES
ONLY/VOLUNTARY ROUTING CHANGES NOT PERMITTED/NON
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Travel Itinerary
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Flight: UNITED 886
Departs: OSAKA/KANSAI
Date: TUE 13 MAR
Time: 3:55P

Arrives: SAN FRANCISCO
Date: TUE 13 MAR
Time: 9:20A
Terminal: I

Class: UNITED ECONOMY
MP Miles: 5413
Meals Served: LUNCH BREAKFAST
Equip: 777
Inflight Services: MOVIE

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Flight: UNITED 501
Departs: SAN FRANCISCO
Date: TUE 13 MAR
Time: 10:48A
Terminal: 3

Arrives: SAN DIEGO
Date: TUE 13 MAR
Time: 12:14P
Terminal: 1

Class: UNITED ECONOMY
Seat: 16B
MP Miles: 500
Meals Served: NONE
Equip: 737
Inflight Services: AUDIO

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12/16/2006 Thailand Information Page

Hostels

1. Madras Hostel - maybe stayed here
7/40 Soi Kwan pattana 2, Asoke Dindaeng Road, Phay
8 bucks

2. Ban Sabai Youth Hostel
8/137 Moo 3 Soi Sahakorn 15, Lat Phrao 71, BKK. 10
12 bucks

3. Hostel Thailand
395/4 Silom Road, Bangrak, Silom
11 bucks

4. Big Johns Backpacker Hostel
161/7-9 Sukhumvit Road Soi 55 (Thonglor Soi 9)
8 bucks

5. Sukhumvit On Nut Guesthouse
125/2 Sukhumvit 89, Sukhumvit Rd., Bangchak Prakhanong
10 bucks

6. HI-Sukhumvit
Sukhumvit Soi 38,, Sukhumvit Rd, BangKok
12 bucks

7. Asha Guest House
4, Soi Intamara 3, Suthisarn Road, Phayathai
5 bucks

Daily Plan

17 Sunday
18 Monday
19 Tuesday
20 Wednesday
21 Thursday
22 Friday
23 Saturday
24 Sunday
25 Monday
26 Tuesday
27 Wednesday

Hostels – Chaing Mai

1. Spicythai Backpackers
4/80 Nantawan Village, Nimmanhaemin Rd, T.Suthep
5 bucks

Spicythai Backpackers located in Natawan Village, 200 m from Nimmanhaemin Rd, the ENTRANCE is in between buiddings opposite AMARI RINCOME HOTEL PARKING, LOOK OUT FOR OUR SIGN. ( The hotel is a land mark in this area. Pls ignore some few taxi driver who will say he don't know the place and try to take you to somewhere else)

Public air-con bus
- No_6R from airport
- No_6L from bus station
( bus fee is 10 baht/person passing every 15-20 minutes: tell the driver to drop you at YAEK RINCOME, Ricome crossroads)

from railway station, you can take taxi to bus station(fee 15 baht) and hop on bus No_6L

or Taxi and Tuk Tuk stead to our hostel. It is easy to find them anywhere and the fee is around 50-150 baht/person depending on number of passenger or how good you do on negotiation!!

2. Seven Suns
155 Ratchamanka Rd., T.Prasing, A.Muang 50200
The guesthouse is only 10 minutes drive from Chiang Mai International Airport and 15 minutes from both the intercity Bus and Railway stations. In reality we are centrally located in the old, walled city of Chiang Mai.

3. Chiangmai Srivichai YHA
72/9 Moo 1, Huaykaew Rd.

4. Parami Guesthouse
210 - 212 Charoenrat Rd.
From the Airport, Train station and Bus station, take a Taxi or Tuk Tuk. The Charoenrat Rd is between the Nawarat and Nakorn Ping Bridge.
Let the Taxi driver know that the Riverside Bar / Restaurant is on the same Rd. (all the Taxi drivers know this place). We are around 500 meters up north on the right hand side.

Chiang Mai Trekking

43 bucks
Chiangmai Carnival Tour Ltd. Part.
T.A.T. LICENSE 23-0731
Office : 18 Soi 1A Koh Klang Road Nong Hoi,
Chiangmai 50000 THAILAND

TEL. (053) 802 098 - 802 099 - 802 925
FAX. (66-53) 802 099
Mobile Phone 01-7169520
cmct@chiangmai-online.com

DAY 1
Leave Chiangmai by truck. 2 hours drive along picturesque route through plains around many curves and steep dropoffs.
Stop for lunch at 'Mog Fa' Waterfall.
Drive along mountainous route - heading for natural hot springs. Stop for bathing in the mineral water.
Proceed by walking for 3 hour hike to Karen villages.
See the tribemen in their natural surroundings and typical lifestyle.
Dinner and accommodation in the village.
DAY 2
A steep 3-hour trek through dense forests to Karen villages.
2 Hour Elephant Safari through the forest to Lahu villages.
Dinner and accommodation in the village.
DAY 3
Proceed on Bamboo rafting for 3-4 hours along the Mae Tang River.
Lunch at Shan.
A break to explore the beauty of the landscape.
End of the day : truck to Chiangmai.



Chiang Mai Trekking

The Travel Hub
Address:
2 Soi 2 Moonmuang Road
Phrasingh sub district
Muang Chiang Mai
50200
Thailand
Within Thailand:
Tel: 053272299
Mob: 09-4354172
From abroad:
006653272299
006694354172
info@travelhubchiangmai.com

3 Day 2 Night trek Samueng area - with elephant riding &bamboo rafting

Price: 1,500 Baht

See Shan Mong and Karen hill tribes on this 3 day trekking adventure in the lovely Samueng area. Get the most out of the trekking experience with this 3 dayer. This is just right for those who want to get away from it all for a few days and get to see real hill tribe life. Elephant riding and bamboo rafting also included.

Itinerary

Day 1
Depart Chiang Mai at 9:30a.m and drive 30 minutes to a local market.
Drive a further 1.5 hour to a Shan village for lunch
Short drive to trek start point
Trek for 30 mins to Mong village.
Trek for a further 2.5 hours to Karen Hill tribe & Overnight at village.

Day 2
After breakfast trek for 1 hour to the elephant camp
Ride elephants through the jungle and along the river for about 1 hour.
Trek 1.5 hours to Karen village, stop for lunch.
Trek 1.5 hour to waterfall, stop for and swimming and overnight at waterfall camp

Day 3
Trek for 1.5 hour to the waiting truck
Drive to Shan village for lunch
Short drive to bamboo rafting start point and rafting for abou1 hour
Return to Chiang Mai around 5:00pm.

Facts

Area: Samueng
Transport: Seated pick up truck
Group size: 6 - 12
Food: Included
Drinks: Not Included
Insurance: Included
Guide: TAT licensed and qualified
Elepant riding: Yes
Bamboo Rafting: Yes
Whitewater rafting: No

What to bring

Rucksack, Personal medicine, Toilet paper, Shorts and T shirt for trekking (long trousers if you prefer), Change of clothes (optional but recommended in the rainy season if you get wet), Walking shoes, Socks, Swimming suit, Towel, Insect spray, Sun cream, Raincoat (rainy season).

Chiang Mai Trekking

The Travel Hub

3 Days 2 Night trek Mae Tang area - with elephant riding, whitewater rafting & bamboo rafting

Price: 1,600 Baht

Get Out into the jungle for 3 days and overnight in a Lahu hill tribe village. With this extended trek you will really get the chance to enjoy the natural surroundings as well as get closer to the hill tribe people. After 3 days in the jungle enjoy elephant riding and then take on the white water rapids of the Mae Tang River. This is an excellent trip to sample what Northern Thailand has to offer.

Itinerary

Day 1
Depart Chiang Mai at 9:30a.m and drive 40 minutes to a local market.
Drive a further 90 minutes to Shan village for lunch.
After lunch trek 3 hours to the Lahu village.
Spend the night in a local Lahu village.

Day2
Full days trekking stopping off at a Karen village, waterfall for lunch and swimming
Trek to elephant camp. Elephant riding for 1 hour.
Spend evening and night at private camp by the river

Day 3
After breakfast walk to rafting camp
Raft along the Mae Tang River for 1 hour
Change to bamboo rafting for a further hour
Lunch at Shan village
Visit Akha village by pick up truck
Return to Chiang Mai around 5pm

Facts

Area: Mae Tang
Transport: Seated pick up truck
Group size: 6 - 12
Food: Included
Drinks: Not Included
Insurance: Included
Guide: TAT licensed and qualified
Elephant riding: Yes
Bamboo Rafting: Yes
Whitewater rafting: Yes

What to bring

Rucksack, Personal medicine, Toilet paper, Shorts and T shirt for trekking (long trousers if you prefer), Change of clothes (optional but recommended in the rainy season if you get wet), Walking shoes, Socks, Swimming suit, Towel, Insect spray, Sun cream, Raincoat (rainy season).

Budget

200 hotel – 10 nights
200 food – 10 days
100 tour stuff
500
TANEGASHIMA TRIP?

Osaka to Kagoshima Peach
Dept. 06/20 09:00 - 10:10 6590yen
Dept. 06/20 18:40 - 19:50 8190yen

Nimotu +1030 for happy peach
203cm 32kg Limit

No pet

Itami- Kagoshima
6/1-6/30
Sun to Thursday, Fiy, Sat
JAL 2401 08:00 09:15 12,300 12,300 14,300
JAL 2403 10:00 11:15 12,300 12,300 14,300
JAL 2407 12:00 13:15 11,300 11,300 13,300
JAL 2409 14:00 15:15 11,300 11,300 13,300
JAL 2411 16:00 17:15 11,300 11,300 13,300
JAL 2415 17:30 18:45 11,300 11,300 13,300
JAL 2419 19:30 20:45 11,300 11,300 13,300

Toppiy 7700yen
111 07:30 09:05
112 07:45 10:50 GO OKUSHIMA
114 10:20 11:55
116 13:00 14:35
118 16:00 17:35
119 17:00 18:35

Prince Wakasa ?4,000 ?15500 with car
Kagoshima - Tanegashima
8:40 - 12:10
Tanegashima - Kagoshima
14:00 - 17:30

Haibisukasu
Kagoshima - Tanegashima
18;00 - 21;40
Tanegashima - Kagoshima
11;00 - 14;40
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Takagi Sensei
https://www.facebook.com/hiroko.johnson

http://englishglobalgroupcafe.blogspot.jp/
http://akikoskitchen.disqus.com/admin/moderate/#/approved
http://akikos-kitchen.blogspot.jp/2013/11/welcome-akikos-kitchen.html

Maldives English teaching job
In 2003 I began making an English language learning website, the International EFL Cafe

8/1/07 Hi. I am enclosing a voided check and the information showing the change of ownership of my condominium unit.

2013 HALLOWEEN PARTY
English Global Group(EGG)Cafe
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Saturday 26th October
10月26日（土）
ハロウィンを一緒に楽しみましょう　
当日は仮装での参加大歓迎です
（スケジュール）
8：00～12：00　
通常通り英会話カフェタイム
テーマ：ハロウィン
17：30～18：30　
キッズ☆ハロウィンイベント
キッズを対象にイベントを開催。
ゲームなど様々な企画があります。お楽しみに。
コスチュームでのご参加お待ちしてます
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*17：30からのイベントは要予約。
RIECHAN EMAILS FROM WORD FILE 12/16/2003

Howie chan he
I am sorry to send the translation so late. Anyway I finish to translate your latest translation.
I pasted the translation on the email but also I attached the translation ok? I am going to bed.
oyasumi-.
Rie

Dear Howie chan

How are you doing? Is every thing ok?
I am ok, too. Last night I was thinking about my future. I mean not far future, near future.
Oh, don't worry. I am not depressed or sad. Just I was thinking about myself.
About my future, there is no doubt I like working and I want to keep working for good
no matter what kind job I have.
Also I like studying as you know. I don't think I get job in the United States during
my practical training time which is until next Aug because I have only college degree.
Of course I want to go to University to get BA degree, but as you know I don't have
enough money. If I want to go to university, I have to go back to Japan to make money.
It will take at least 3 years to make money.
Either I cannot get job in the US or I want to go to university, I have to go back to
Japan eventually.
Are you worried me being pessimistic? Don't worry. I am not being pessimistic.
I am a realist anytime. I am not a dreaming type of person.
But you know, no matter where I live, me is me. I just do my best.
I am very serious about my life. My job of my life is always do my best every time in any kind of
situation.
Although I don't know where my life goes, just keep going, right?

I am very happy the fact that you are my best friend. You support me always.
It helps my life(American life, too) more easily and also meaningful.
Thank you very much.

This email sounds very funny but I just want to share my feeling with you.
That it!

Have a nice day

Rie

Dear Riechan
Hi. I was happy to receive your email. I was not kidding about supporting your school payments in the United States. If you want to stay in the United States and at my house you can do both for as long as you want. I can make the payments for your school. When you graduate and have a new job, then you can pay me back. You do not have to pay any interest. You only have to pay the exact amount that I give you. I plan to be back in the United States this summer. I amnow teaching at the same two schools and a coffee shop. I have designed my own lessons and continue to work on the three books. The books are going to be part of the new and improved International EFL Café. The site is in the process of being redesigned and I am going to publish it soon. I should have Internet access from the apartment soon. We can work together in the US beginning this summer. I have become very popular in this area and more students continue to sign up. When the classes get full, I am going to be making around $100 per hour. I am now making about $50 per hour. I cannot believe how easy it is for me to make money in this place for only teaching English. I want to stay and make enough money to pay for publishing and selling the books including the books that we are going to write together. I am really looking forward to working with you. No kidding, you are the most incredible working girl. I am really proud of you anytime. Please keep up the good work. If you need anything, all you have to do is ask. I am there for you anytime. Anyway, gonna send you a longer email this week. Please say hi to Dad. Talk to you again.
Howie
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Las Vegas from word file 6/20/2005

Weather

Tuesday 106-78 mostly sunny
Wednesday 104-78 partly cloudy
Thursday 102-78 mostly sunny

Schedule

Tuesday

11:00 am check in
11:30 am Circus Circus – brunch
2:00 pm gambling
5:00 pm Mirage - dinner
8:30 pm Fremont Street – Area 51
9:00 pm Fremont Street – Lucky Vegas
10:15 pm Mirage - volcano

Wednesday

11:00 pm Rio – brunch
4:00 pm gambling
6:00 pm hotel tour

Thursday

12:00 pm Paris – brunch
2:00 pm shopping, gambling
6:00 pm dinner
8:00 gambling

Friday

11:00 am check out
12:00 pm brunch
2:00 pm gambling
8:00 pm dinner
Meteor Shower from word file 3/21/2002 Leonids November 17-18
Meteor Shower from word file 3/21/2002 Orionids October 21-22
LEAVING FACEBOOK….KIND OF
Yup after all these years in Facebook and other social media, I am finally throwing in the towel. This is not a decision I made lightly, In fact, I went through this thought process before and ended up staying online. The reason I joined Facebook in the first place was to market my websites and to connect with old friends in America and with new friends in Japan. Then over the years, the amount of miscommunications and misunderstandings grew (including today with a very close friend) and I realized this was an easy place to make friends and an easy place to lose them as well. Call me old school, but I miss that strange form of communication known as face to face. In addition, the amount of time spent online is keeping me from spending time with my family and from working on my websites. In any event, over the next couple of weeks, I am going to reduce my Facebook account to almost nothing, including pictures and timeline posts. Incidentally Facebook has only represented about 4 percent of my entire site traffic over several websites and about the same percentage in revenue. I will happily accept that small reduction of income in return for more time with my family and my work. For those of you “real friends” who genuinely want to know about me and my family, please visit my personal site, where all the same pictures and stories will be posted. After all, that was the reason for making my personal site in the first place.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING
Howie Hayman
https://howiehayman.com/
Please come over and post and say hi.
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING
Fun Easy English
https://funeasyenglish.com/
I am happy to answer your English language questions and, of course, please post a comment with your thoughts, suggestions, or simply to say hi.
ALL FRIENDS PLEASE READ – The DISQUS commenting application will soon be added to all of the pages of all of my websites. You can easily post on DISQUS using your Facebook account.
For those of you who read all the way to the end of this post, I am really impressed. Thanks.
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Akiko
Hi. I was eating kimchee for lunch and dinner. Gonna eat something different today. I slept about 9 hours without waking up last night. It is unusual. I am feeling much better than usual today. Last night I talked a long time with the psychologist on the telephone. She said that Valerie is not doing good. Now that Valerie can see me again she is really happy but it is making her too emotional and kind of stressed out. For many years she wanted to see me and now she can and it is like overload for her. Anyway, I talked about you with the psychologist and said that I want to go to Japan. I said that I am happy there. Then she said that if I go now it would be devastating for Valerie and maybe she is really not gonna do good for a long time. You and I many problems anytime with your family and now my family. Really want to be married and happy and not think about everyone else and do what is good for me and you. This is difficult situation. Anyway, I cannot leave until state situation is finished. Gonna try to relax and continue to get ready to come to Japan. Talk to you again.
Howie
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I will arrive in San Diego at 17:53.
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What is your height?
155cm
What is your weight?
47kg
You said you like to stay at home, then what do you like to do at home?
i almost sit down in front of computer.... i like to talk to my friends on myspace, play the games on my page(tetris),look your pics,email to you, play with my dog, sleep, smoke.lol
Are you good at cooking?
um....i like to cook, but i dont know whether i am good or not. if i marry, i will do well.
If you are in a relationship, do you like to spend a lot of time with your bf?
yep. but i want to have my time.
Are you affectionate?
maybe. but sometimes i speak a harsh word to dady or bf when i am on edge.
Are you romantic?
yea, i think so.
Are you passionate?
excitable and easy cool down...lol
Do you like kissing?
um...yes. i forgot how to kiss. i want you to kiss me soon.
Do you like hugging?
i am japanese.
Do you like sex?
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!
If you can choose, where would you like to live, Japan or America?
i want to live in america.
Do you like control in a relationship or do you want the man to control?
latter. but i give my opinion.
Do you consider yourself to be a nice girl?
almost yes.
Do you want to get married?
i want to get married, if i fall in love. but i dont look for partner to marry. i dont cling to marriage.
Do you want kids?
yep.
What are your hobbies?
none.
Is money important to you. If yes, why?
minimum. if money is important to me, i work hard more.
Are things important to you, If yes, what things?
things? bag or watch or something? no particular. if i like those things, i use them carefully.
Why do you want to be with me?
i think if i am with you, i will enjoy life, be loved so much, calm myself. i like you, i want to love you more.
Do you like to travel?
yes, i like to go abroad. but i dont want to travel to other asia, and poor hygiene country.
i want to go to egypt some day.
2020 expanded to 1,026 characters
The following 20 characters, all used in prefecture names, were added in 2020.[1]
茨 (Ibaraki), 媛 (Ehime), 岡 (Shizuoka, Okayama and Fukuoka), 潟 (Niigata), 岐 (Gifu), 熊 (Kumamoto), 香 (Kagawa), 佐 (Saga), 埼 (Saitama), 崎 (Nagasaki and Miyazaki), 滋 (Shiga), 鹿 (Kagoshima), 縄 (Okinawa), 井 (Fukui), 沖 (Okinawa), 栃 (Tochigi), 奈 (Kanagawa and Nara), 梨 (Yamanashi), 阪 (Ōsaka), 阜 (Gifu)
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Subject: AMERICA'S ECONOMY....

John Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock
(MADE IN JAPAN) for 6 am.
While his coffeepot
(MADE IN CHINA)
was perking, he shaved with his electric razor
(MADE IN HONG KONG)
He put on a dress shirt
(MADE IN SRI LANKA),
designer jeans
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and tennis shoes
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After cooking his breakfast in his new electric skillet
(MADE IN INDIA)
he sat down with his calculator
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to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch
(MADE IN TAIWAN)
to the radio
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he got in his car
(MADE IN GERMANY)
filled it with GAS
(from Saudi Arabia)
and continued his search for a good paying AMERICAN JOB.
At the end of yet another discouraging and fruitless day checking his
Computer
(made in MALAYSIA),
John decided to relax for a while. He put on his sandals
(MADE IN BRAZIL),
poured himself a glass of wine
(MADE IN FRANCE)
and turned on his TV
(MADE IN INDONESIA),
and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in AMERICA
AND NOW HE'S HOPING HE CAN GET HELP FROM A PRESIDENT MADE IN KENYA
Y'all gotta Keep this one circulating, please!
“All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.” – Plato
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” – Lao Tzu
“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.” – Aristotle
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FB post 9/18/2022
Really Proud of My Family
Hey not posting much these days but this has been an incredible month. During the middle of August we went to the beach and got COVID. We were pretty messed up for a couple a weeks. Much more about this in a future post. Anyway we are better now and for the last couple of weeks we worked together and got the house garden ready for putting in the cool season crops, finished up many projects at our campsite up in our mountain, and cut the leaves off hundreds of banana trees in our farm in an attempt to keep them from getting uprooted by the approaching typhoon. Then we spent the last four days harvesting hundreds of bananas and various crops including tons of herbs. The typhoon is now about 4-6 hours away from our island. This is apparently the strongest typhoon to hit this island and Japan has issued the strongest advisory ever. This should hit as a category 4 with category 5 wind gusts and seems like we are going to get an almost direct hit but more likely the upper right quarter of the storm including the eyewall AKA the strongest part of the storm. Anyway, quite an adventure, pretty exciting for the kids, and for the parents too. The following link has storm updates. Our island is called Tanegashima and looks like a peanut on the map and is right above the current location of the storm. More storm updates to come.

FB post 9/20/2022
CRAZY COUPLE OF DAYS
We made it through the typhoon. The storm made almost a direct hit to this island as a category 3 typhoon. Actually we got the eyewall in the upper right hand quarter of the storm, AKA the strongest part. After an intense 24 hours in a closed up house, the typhoon moved on to mainland Japan. The kids really enjoyed this latest adventure with a candlelit house and lots of fun sitting and talking and playing games. The power was still off and we decided to head up to our mountain. The house and our other three outbuildings did not sustain any damage. We spent two days preparing for this typhoon and it paid off. Even our loquat trees, which border our property, were tied up and made it though the storm. Our campsite in the mountains is a mess with a lot of leaf and twig debris. The cool thing is the 130 mph plus wind speeds knocked over a bunch of huge oak trees which were previously cut and hung up on other trees. Anyway now we are camping and tonight is a bit cool with a beautiful starry sky. Thanks to all of you who sent your thoughts and concerns.
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3/24/2022
This is what our campsite looked like a few hours later. We made a pretty difficult decision today but the only decision which made sense. We decided to take out all of the huge oak trees on the border of our campsite to open up more canopy and to make it safer for the upcoming canon build. This took about four hours using two chain saws and a bow saw. About 16 huge oak trees were removed to be replaced with a variety of fruit trees. Now nighttime and relaxing with a campfire and wine of course.

3/15/2022
A Few Thoughts. We are camping up at our mountain again taking advantage of a beautiful three days and two nights of gorgeous weather. Now Akiko and the boys are in the tent while I spend a few relaxing moments drinking wine, as usual, next to the campfire. Sitting in this beautiful setting I cannot help but feel guilty for enjoying this night when, on the other side of the world, the people of Ukraine are watching their lives being torn apart. The terrible reality of being from a country whose neighbor is controlled by a sadistic dictator. As this senseless war plays out with the west, especially America the “defenders of democracy” cowardly sitting back and watching, our own situation begins to unfold. The paranoia of American desire to control every corner of the planet has led to the US pushing Japan to extend US military bases along the entire length of the Ryukyu islands which, unfortunately includes our island of Tanegashima and the neighboring, and uninhabited island of Mageshima. We are worried our quiet island existence will soon go the direction of Okinawa. Really sad to watch the world heading in the wrong direction. More bombs, more fighting, and it goes on and on. The way I see it is, humans have two shortcomings….not learning from history and short memories. The last six years really diminished my faith in humanity. It began with Trump being elected, continued with the incredible worldwide mishandling of the COVID pandemic, and now this awful, and senseless war in Ukraine. There are many mottos which guide my plans for the future. I consider myself to be a very optimistic person but, in these times, the motto which guides me the most is “hope for the best but prepare for the worst”. We are in the process of making many changes to our situation. Much more about this in future posts….the story continues.

1/3/2022
Happy New Year to all our family and friends out there. We are up at our mountain for our first camping trip of the new year. And tonight is pretty cool with temps around 50 F for the low tonight but warming up to about 60 F tomorrow. The picture is us hanging out in the tent reading and watching music videos. Now outside at the campfire drinking wine and listening to Estes Tonne one of many favorite classical guitarists. Tonight is a new moon and a bazillion stars can be seen through the recently opened canopy at our campsite. A wonderful evening for sure. Tomorrow returning to work preparing beds for the Spring and making plans for a log cabin. Hoping you are all well and staying safe during the pandemic. Looking forward to meeting many of you this year. Until then.

11/6/2021
This is a picture of our campsite. We recently completed our ninth overnight camping trip. Painted the bus with camouflage colors, took out the passenger seat, and built a storage cabinet for tools and supplies. The bus is also being used for sleeping and to store our futons and sleeping bags when we return home. The tent sets up in minutes, and a playpen is connected to the tent entry, which was built using the construction grade bamboo growing along the sides of the access road. The picnic table came from the house which we were rarely using and is now connected to the trunks of two cypress trees which were finished and needed to be removed. The shelves on the right are actually the benches that went along with the picnic table and provide a lot of storage for our camping trips. The shelves are connected to a couple of cypress trees. With the campsite now basically set up, we are turning our attention to building a cabin and setting up some beds for farming.
Max in Hebrew = Menashe
Anne in Hebrew = Hesha

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Acting Shows
Vanishing Son Jersey Girl Pacific Beach Homeless No Tape
January 15-21, 2012 I am watching Shai Monday thru Friday from about 8am until 6pm.
January 8, 2012 - Purchased iPhones Today
January 6-7, 2012 - My New PC Arrived
January 3, 2012 - Went to visit a relative on the 3rd
Update: April 13, 2013 - I am now back in Japan and spent the last few weeks working on the house again.
A 5.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE HOUSE TODAY.
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Hi. I am finally returning to normal after the four day trip. Actually I meant to say the house was a mess from all the vacation stuff. Traditionally I come home from vacation and dump everything on the floor and then mess with it the next day. In this case
it meant four loads of laundry and cleaning out the coolers and other stuff.

Anyway the trip was incredible. This is pretty much the recap.

Wednesday night
I picked Akiko up from work on Wednesday night. We ate dinner, packed up the truck and were on the road about 9:30 pm. It was a nice drive with only a bit of light rain as we approached Las Vegas.

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
We arrived around 3:00 am and immediately went to our favorite gambling place, Slots of Fun. This is one of the few places on the strip still offering two dollar blackjack tables. We gambled and drank for a few hours and then went to Circus Circus. This
is the only time we went to Las Vegas with no room reservations and Circus Circus was the only hotel with reasonable prices rooms. They ended up putting us in the manor though which are like little motels in the back of the main hotel. Normally this
would be fine since we are usually up most of the time and use the room only for sleeping, taking a shower, and um other stuff. Anyway, there were tons of kids in Las Vegas because of some little league football convention and the kids were playing in
the hallway. I went and complained to the management and they ended up giving us a spa suite and reversed the room charge. Pretty cool. We went to the Rio hotel and enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day champagne brunch. We ate and talked for three
hours believe it or not. They had all the traditional stuff and it was really delicious. It began to rain like crazy on the way back to the gambling place and washed out much of the roads. It was pretty cool though. Good thing for four wheel drive. We
spent the evening gambling and drinking again and then went back to the room, enjoyed the Jacuzzi, and then went to sleep.

Friday
We woke up and went back to the Rio hotel and ate their breakfast buffet. Then we drove to the Grand Canyon. We ran into a lot of traffic at Hoover Dam which through us off a couple hours. We ended up getting the campsite in the early evening. We
were able to get one of two remaining spots and spent the night in the truck.

Saturday
We woke up early and went to the best spot in the Grand Canyon to watch the sunrise. It was incredibly beautiful. We then spent the day visiting almost every view spot on the South Rim. We made it from one end of the South Rim to the other and
then watched the sunset at the best view point. We drove back to Las Vegas in the early evening and slept for a few hours in the truck.

Sunday
We ate breakfast at the Paris buffet. Incredibly good buffet and excellent quality food. We then placed ten separate bets on the Sunday games. We lost money on the Buffalo and San Diego games. We were already ahead on our gambling but because of
the football bets, we ended up losing 24 dollars total on the trip. We spent the entire afternoon watching football at the Paris hotel. We walked outside on the strip for awhile at night. It was really warm, almost like an early Summer night. We saw the
fountain show a couple times in front of the Bellagio hotel. Then we went back to the Paris hotel and hung our for awhile. We returned home at about 5:00 am Monday, in time to take a shower, go out for breakfast and then take Akiko to work. She was
able to sleep all the way back. I drove over 1400 miles in four days and it took until today to get back to normal.
Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin (איתן) that means firm, enduring, strong and long-lived. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings. 4:31, Ps. 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr.

Ethan
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Firm, Strong

The name Ethan means Firm, Strong and is of Hebrew origin. Ethan is a name that's been used by parents who are considering baby names for boys.
Variations of the name include Ethen, Ethyn, Eitan, and Eytan. Common nicknames include Eeth, Eethie and Eytie/Eddie.

Ethan is an extremely popular name in the United States as well as abroad, especially Australia and Israel.

Mishael
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Who Is Like God?

The name Mishael מישאל (miy-sha-eyl, Strong's #4332) is two words. The first word is מי (miy, Strong's #4310) meaning "who." The second word, שאל, is the prefix ש meaning "like," and the noun אל (eyl, Strong's #410) meaning "mighty one," but usually translated as "god." Combined, these words mean "who is like the mighty one."

ETHAN MISHAEL HAYMAN
Arthritis
8/16/2020 party and tons of beer
8/17-8/19 walking with stroller and bike riding to farm
8/20-8/22 could not walk at was in bed the whole day
1/1/2021 last day to eat like crazy and drink wine
1/5/2021 began taking turmeric powder at lunch and din din
1/24/2021 went to the farm for the first time in a couple of months and cound not move at night
2/2/2021 ate sushi with tons of rice and chocolate and mega flare up
2/3/2021 getting a bit better today
2/4-2/7 right leg much worse and huge with swelling - took pictures
2/6/2021 returned to peeing in bottle at night
2/7-2/10 needed to take 200 mg of ibuprophen to reduce the swelling - could not take it anymore
2/12/2021 extreme pain in penis and possible blood while trying to pee in bottle
3/1/2021 last day to sneak occasional bread in the afternoon and went farming used standard hoe for a couple of hours pulling weeds
3/2/2021 no breakfast from today and only a couple cups of coffee
3/4/2021 from today a cup of cocoa in the afternoon
3/8/2021 mega depressed today ate a ton of sugar cookies
3/10/2021 return to full farming day
3/11/2021 another full farming day
3/12/2021 worked on the computer and basically felt pretty good
3/13/2021 a full yard work day - ate bread then fish then pasta - 200 mg of ibuprophen
3/14/2021 a full farming day - ate bread then fish then pasta - 300 mg of ibuprophen
3/15/2021 a full farming day - ate bread then fish then pasta - 300 mg of ibuprophen
3/16/2021 a full farming day - ate bread then fish then pasta - 300 mg of ibuprophen
3/17/2021 a full yard work day - ate bread - no ibuprophen but afternoon diarrhea from same
3/18/2021 light greenhouse work - ate bread - no ibuprophen but afternoon diarrhea from same
3/14/2021 the first worst bee in farm
Tanegashima Farming
This is a map showing the location and layout of the two farms adjacent to the house.
The upper farm is located on the east side of the property and is approximately 255 square meters. This farm receives full sunshine from early morning until late afternoon.
The lower farm is located on the west side of the property and is approximately 272 square meters. This farm receives full sunlight from mid morning until early evening.
We recently were given access to another farm above the upper farm which we now affectionately call the upper upper farm.

Lower Farm
The lower farm is located on the west side of the house, is approximately 100 square meters, and receives full sunlight from mid morning until late afternoon. Although there is a jungle located on the west side of the farm, the west wind is still very strong. The jungle consists of various tropical trees and vines. The natural topography of this farm follows the street and eventually leads to the ocean a mere 250 meters away.
This piece of land was pretty much flooded every time the island received heavy rain. The problem was the slope of the land combined with the fact that much of the rain around the back of the house and from the roof drained into this farm. I found a lot of old roof tiles while leveling out the perimeter of the farm (Japanese farmers of old threw out tons of stuff in their farms) and used them to make a drain leading to the jungle.

Upper Farm
The upper farm is located on the east side of the house, is approximately 180 square meters, and receives full sunshine from early morning until late afternoon. This farm receives a considerable amount of strong wind from the north during the cooler months. A trellis was on the north side of the farm using bamboo to support vine crops which subsequently reduced the effects of the wind. This is my favorite of the three farms.

Upper Upper Farm
The upper upper farm is located on the east side of the property, is approximately 120 square meters, and farm receives full sunshine from early morning until early afternoon. This farm is adjacent to the upper farm. This piece of land was basically a jungle which took a month to take out using hand tools. The soil still contains a lot of roots.
The locals insisted nothing would grow in the farm for at least a year. Instead of wasting an entire season, as a joke, I made a space exploration theme for this farm and grew a ton of carrots on the letters.
We moved to Tanegashima for a variety of reasons least of which was the presence of the Tanegashima Space Center. After the incredibleness (word?) of witnessing several rocket launches, the pattern for this farm became obvious.
The design consists of a rocket, which in the picture looks like a phallic symbol....lol....along with the letters JAXA and NASA which stand for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration respectively.
This received a lot of attention from the locals. People were actually parking their cars and getting out to look at the farm. Quite a few folks even took pictures. A day after posting the picture on Facebook a friend who is retired from JAXA came over to show his appreciation for the tribute to his former employer. Good feelings all the way around. Thanks.
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2013 March 4 - Seated in the Airplane and Ready to Go to Korea
2013 March 4 - Waiting to Board the Flight to Korea
2013 March 4 - Seated in the Airplane and Ready to Go to LA
2013 March 4 - A Good View of the Delta Airlines Airplane
2013 March 4 - Toy Story Alien Fishing Game A United States Security Problem
2013 March 4 - Waiting to Board the flight to Los Angeles
2013 March 4 - At Home with Family Returning to Japan
2013 March 4 - At Home with Luggage Going to Japan
2013 February 17 - Feeding the Birds at Lake Murray
2013 February 16 - Relaxing in the Jacuzzi and Sitting in the Sun
2013 February 16 - Picnic at Lake Murray Park
2013 February 15 - At Home with My Wife, Son, and Daughter
2013 February 13 - Playing with Friends at Lake Murray Park
2013 February 9 - Pot Luck Party at Home
2013 February 2 - Picnic at Lake Murray Park
2013 February 1 - Picnic at Lake Murray Park
2013 January 27 - At Home with Family Returning to Japan
2013 January 26 - Dinner with Family and Jim and Linda Timlin
Written around 3/2013
During the past three years in Japan I bought a car, purchased two adjacent properties, one of which I already sold, made some really good friends and basically saw a side of Japan which most gaikokujin (foreigners) never see. Then it occurred to me....why not write about all this stuff. I am going to post well known and little known points about living in Japan. I will try, as much as possible, not to be too biased but there is a lot of good and bad, mostly good in this country and occasionally my strong opinion about these points will still show through. Hopefully you will find my perspective of Japan interesting, and if nothing else, at least informational.
We purchased this piece of crap property back on January 12, 2010. This entire property was in much worse condition than we ever thought possible. After months of working alone on this place, enough work is finished to post pictures. The following link is to the main house information page. From there you can check out a bunch of before and after pictures and other stuff. Enjoy.
House information and more pictures

Some of you might remember my trip to Japan back in the Summer of 2002 when I stayed at an okonomiyaki restaurant the family of a friend owns. I stayed there for almost three months, drank beer pretty much every night, and ate tons of food. During this time I went hiking at Myoujin Mountain almost every day. The following link shows the most recent pictures of our visits to the mountain.
More pictures of Myoujin mountain

The end of the camping trip included a very long drive to the top of Odaigahara Mountain which happens to be the rainiest place in Japan.
More pictures of Odaigahara Mountain

This weekend we spent two days and one night camping in the mountains of the Yoshino area in Nara, Japan. It was really nice and I was able to go fishing in a very secluded place and actually catch something.
More pictures of camping

Traveled to America from December 6, 2012 until March 4, 2013, therefore no entries in the Japan section during those weeks.
Food Fair, Balboa Park

May 24, 2009 - 30th Annual Ethnic Food Fair at Balboa Park, San Diego, California. Me, Akiko, and Masako were sitting on the lawn in front of the entertainment stage. We bought food from the House of India. Ayumi and Yuka were hanging out and waiting to get some food. This turned out to be our group. Much smaller actually than last year. We stayed until 3:00 pm. Some of our other friends came at 2:00 pm but we missed each other. Me and Akiko were eating the fried bread thingy from the house of Hungry....um....Hungary. This is pretty much a standard purchase every year. This is fried bread from the House of Hungary. The toppings include cheese, sour cream, and garlic. It was smaller this year but the taste was still incredible. Another standard purchase every year. This is the combo plate from the House of India. A few of our friends are from India and I should know the names of these foods but I keep forgetting. I know the bread is called nan bread. Anyway, the food is pretty spicy which both of us like. Me, and Akiko were with our friends Rakesh and Meenakshi Jain and their two kids. We met Meenakshi a few years ago at a House of India performance in Balboa Park. We became friends and spent a wonderful evening at their house last year. Hoping to spend a lot more time with them in the coming weeks. Meenakshi is very involved with the House of India and the lawn program at Balboa Park. Last year I made several videos of the House of India performances. Definitely worth watching. A belly dancer performing at the event.
8/16 - party
8/17 - 8/19 walking and bike riding.
8/20 - for the next few days could not walk even to the bathroom. Went pee in a perrier bottle.
About a week later was able to go to the farm but hip joints were not the same again. Was miserable every night along with knee and shoulder problems.
Ethan is a male given name of Hebrew origin (איתן) that means firm, enduring, strong and long-lived. The name Ethan appears eight times in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings. 4:31, Ps. 89 title, 1 Chr. 2:6 and 2:8, 1 Chr.

Ethan
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Firm, Strong

The name Ethan means Firm, Strong and is of Hebrew origin. Ethan is a name that's been used by parents who are considering baby names for boys.
Variations of the name include Ethen, Ethyn, Eitan, and Eytan. Common nicknames include Eeth, Eethie and Eytie/Eddie.

Ethan is an extremely popular name in the United States as well as abroad, especially Australia and Israel.

Mattias
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Gift Of God

Mishael
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Who Is Like God?

The name Mishael מישאל (miy-sha-eyl, Strong's #4332) is two words. The first word is מי (miy, Strong's #4310) meaning "who." The second word, שאל, is the prefix ש meaning "like," and the noun אל (eyl, Strong's #410) meaning "mighty one," but usually translated as "god." Combined, these words mean "who is like the mighty one."

Malachi
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: My Messenger

Melchior
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: God Is My Light

Meshar
Gender: Male
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Straight, Upright
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