Myoujin Mountain Hiking
June 2010 - Hiking at Myoujin Mountain,
Oji, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara, Japan. These pictures are from
various date but most likely the middle of Summer based on the clothes we are
wearing. |
 These
pictures are not exactly in order but anyway.... This is
obviously us in front of the sign with information about the
mountain and various hiking trails. |
 Close
up of the information sign. |
 Heading
up the tree-lined trail. Now 1,000 meters until the top of
the mountain. |
 Some
wood carvings on the way up. |
 Now
460 meters until the top of the mountain. |
 Us
in front of the small Shinto shrine at the top of the
mountain. |
 Close
up of the shrine. |
 Sun
setting through the trees. |
 View
deck overlooking Nara. |
 Us
on the view deck. |
 Again
the view deck. |
 Shai
and his messy mouth. |
 Some
thunderstorms building off in the distance. |
 A
hazy view of Nara. |
 Shai
enjoying himself. |
 Shai
getting excited. |
 Me
and the little dude. |
 Me
and the little dude again. |
 Akiko
and the little dude. |
 Akiko
and the little dude again. |
 Sun
setting in the background. |
 Again,
sun setting in the background. |
 Walking
the trail back at night. |
 Full
moon over Nara. |
 Eating
a snack. |
 Eating
a snack again. |
 View
of Nara. |
 View
of Nara. |
 Up
on the view deck. |
 Up
on the view deck. |
June 1, 2010 - Email
Message -
Worked on the laundry room. Now Akiko is the most convenient woman in Japan. The
house is easy for her. Now sleeping alone upstairs. In a couple weeks Ayumi will
visit again. She is losing her mind. She does not like Japan. She needs to see
me. Actually I am the only person to understand her. It will be good to talk
again. I think about your email. Maybe you cannot meet anymore.
June 1, 2010 - Email
Message -
Hey she will know. I am freaking wiped out from this house. Doing anything I
want now. Many things to tell you. For sure you need to chat. It sucks you
cannot use the Internet now.
June 1, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I can remember meeting you of course. Yes it is a beautiful day again. Going
to work outside now. Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 2, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am really happy you worry about me anytime. I think if you and I could not
meet maybe I am going back to San Diego again. I really like Japan and the house
but the situation with the family is lonely and it is nice to meet you. It makes
me happy again. I am really not feeling good but trying to finish the house
every day. Went walking again but could not do as much. Now drinking and talking
to Akiko about many things. Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 2, 2010 - Email
Message - Valerie.
Hi. I am really sorry for not contacting you much sooner. The house continues to
be difficult but many projects are actually finishing now. Me and Akiko continue
to try and work things out in the relationship but many issues keep coming up.
Your little brother is really bitchy now. You were such a good baby and now
dealing with him is difficult every day. Anyway hoping to spend much more time
on the Internet within the next few weeks. It really would be nice if you and I
could chat someday soon. I think about you all the time and worry about you.
Want to know all about your school and work and if you plan to move to the condo
eventually. I am getting drunk every night after working on the house every day.
Tonight is the same but still a bit coherent and though it was a good chance to
send you email now. I love you and miss you very much. Send email when you can.
Love,
Dad.
June 3, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I was not expecting you to ask many questions but no problem for sure. A bit
of a misunderstanding though. I am not planning to go back to San Diego anytime
soon. I really like Japan. I totally understand if it is difficult for you and I
to meet. I was trying to tell you it is nice we met and became friends. This is
a reason for not wanting to return home again. Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 4, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ayumi.
Hi. I spent the whole day out with my family and it was really fun. It was three
year anniversary for me and Akiko today. No work on the house. Send email when
you can.
Howie.
June 5, 2010 - Email
Message -
Many fighting tonight in her family. Then I am arguing with parents. Akiko and I
decided to split up. It is too difficult to stay in Japan alone. I want you to
understand about this.
June 5, 2010 - Email
Message -
Now Akiko and I cannot make each other happy. I like Japan but it is a difficult
place for me anytime. My home in SD is easy. No yard and nothing to do for
repairs. It is strange to be in this house alone. Talk to you again.
June 5, 2010 - Email
Message -
Yes totally understand your feeling for sure. Now I am very sad too for many
reasons. No energy to do anything. Really sleeping same as you. Going to sleep
now. Good night. Talk to you again.
June 9, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
Hi. I am not doing good now. My knee is really messed up. Actually woke up many
times the last couple nights and put ice on the knee. Really difficult to walk.
Akiko is looking for a job. Shai is getting crazier now. Japan is getting
warmer. The house is looking pretty good although still many projects to finish.
Planning to get the school going within the next few weeks. Hopefully you guys
are doing good. Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 9, 2010 - Email
Message -
Hi. I can tell you many stories about this knee. Now wearing leg braces on both
knees. Still working on the house. Want to finish before getting knee worked on.
Send email when you can.
June 9, 2010 - Email
Message -
Now it is difficult to sleep and walk. Putting ice on the knee mostly at night.
Still doing work on the house. Many projects are getting finished. Planning to
begin the school in the next couple weeks. I am thinking about you many times
these days.
June 9, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am happy you worry about me anytime.
I can know I am really important to you.
Today Akiko found a place in Oji which will take the bird and make it better.
Then today we found a turtle which cannot see anything.
Really hoping the place will take this.
Anyway many house projects are getting finished now.
I really want to begin teaching English.
It seems you and I really not meeting much recently.
I am thinking about you.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 13, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
394-3 Higashiando Ando-cho Ikoma-gun Nara
Japan 639-1061.
June 14, 2010 - Email
Message - Today I went walking with Akiko and
the baby. Now there is almost no conversation between us except food and
garbage. We are not a good couple anymore.
I went on bike for a ten kilometer ride.
It was good for my knee.
June 15, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ayumi.
Hi. I am going bike riding today. The knee is getting better. Send email when
you can.
Howie.
June 15, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am with Shai today.
Akiko went to register for a job.
Probably will pick her up in the early afternoon.
Please do not worry about anything.
Everyone around seems to change all the time.
This makes me crazy and then my thinking changes.
Better for everyone to relax and not think too much.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 16, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am going to eat more now.
I am going to try and see you tonight.
Really not sure though.
I took off a lot of hair.
Really look like Bruce Willis now.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 17, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
Hi. I bought a printer and beginning to make the school now. Send email when you
can.
Howie.
June 21, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am really sorry for not sending email to you recently.
The last few days were very difficult.
My knee is much better but now very sick.
Going to tell you about this.
The last Saturday was another service at the temple.
It was a little long and needed to take Shai out walking.
Then I went with Akiko to a restaurant in Oji after the service.
Many of the people from the service went to the restaurant.
Everyone was in a special room in the back.
The room was very cold and many people were smoking.
It is the worst thing for me anytime.
Then on Sunday needed to meet the family again.
I began to get really sick.
This is something I was getting since a very young age.
It is called bronchitis.
Could not sleep much last night.
Today I was working in the house to keep my mind busy.
I cannot sit and think about being sick anytime.
Now I am taking a couple different kusuri.
It usually takes a couple weeks to a month to be better from this.
I usually get sick from this at least once a year.
This is now the third time since coming to Japan last year.
Anyway this it is reason for not contacting you.
I am really happy you are checking the websites now.
I am planning to work on them again soon.
I really want you to be involved in my work.
I am not sure the next time we can meet.
You cannot get sick from me.
This does not go to other people but maybe too tired to go out much.
Probably better to spend more time on the computer.
I am thinking about you.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 26, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I was not feeling good again and then Akiko was not feeling good.
We are really not doing good now.
I wanted her to move out yesterday and then we talked and she stayed.
I think there is no way for us to stay together anymore.
We are both tired and want to split.
Now we stay together for Shai.
Eventually when both of us are working we are going to split.
Now when we eat together there is no conversation.
It is not very comfortable to be in the same room now.
I keep doing things in the house to make her happy but nothing works.
Now Akiko has everything she wants and she continues to be unhappy.
Now I cannot find anything to make her happy.
I am going to focus on my work from now.
I am happy you worry about me anytime.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 26, 2010 - Email
Message -
Ayumi.
Hi. I continue to be more and more uncomfortable with Akiko now.
Really getting to be not good.
Enjoy your dinner tonight.
Send email when you can.
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June 26, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ayumi.
Hi, I am spending time getting drunk alone.
No sex and no nothing.
Ahhhh, why am I in Japan now.
Enjoy your drinking and think about sex.
Talk to you again.
Howie.
June 30, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ayumi.
Hi. I do not need or want sex with you. I can get from Akiko anytime. I can get
from my gf anytime. You really assume too much anytime. The fact is it really is
a problem for my wife and my gf if you visit. Both of them know too much about
you. Need to think for awhile. Talk to you again.
Howie.
June 1, 2010 - Email Messages -
Now my legs are not good. Could not go running. Legs are still good enough to be
inside you and make you feel good.
June 3, 2010 - Email Messages -
Hey I can come out if you want to meet. ********
Hi. I really like you too and was very happy to see you tonight.
June 4, 2010 - Email Messages -
Un. Want to look into your eyes and be inside you and become connected with you
completely. ********
Now totally drunk. Want to be with you now. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. I find it more difficult to see you and not hold you. It would be nice to
meet you tonight if I return early and you stay with your sister for awhile.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 6, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am really happy to receive email from you today.
I am very comfortable around your family.
It was nice spending time and talking last night.
Really was happy you and I could be together for awhile.
Maybe you and I can meet longer tonight.
I totally understand anytime if you cannot meet.
I am thinking about you and really like you.
Send email during your lunch if you can.
Howie.
June 7, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I spent much of the day shopping. I am really tired and my knees are not
good now. I saw your car when I was driving home and it made me happy. I am
going to eat dinner soon and drink wine and then back online. Send email when
you can.
Howie.
June 9, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am already your friend and more.
I want to talk to you about many things but it is difficult to find time alone
together.
Please do not give up about anything.
The time for you and I to talk more is coming.
Hang in there.
Try to meet today and show you the classroom.
Now going out shopping for awhile.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 10, 2010 - Email Messages -
Hi. I was happy to kiss you. ********
Preschool wait there now. ******** Ikuko. Hi. I wanted to send you an email
during your lunch. My knee is much better today. I think it is because you
touched it. Really want you to touch me again. Maybe we can meet tonight. It is
the weekend and you do not need to get up early. Now I am thinking about you.
Send email when you can. Howie.
June 11, 2010 - Email Messages -
Meet at preschool. Need to pee and change. Can you wait. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. My wallet is in your car. Please come back. It will make problem.
Howie.
June 12, 2010 - Email Messages -
Yes. When. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. I was happy to see you tonight.
It seems like you do not want to touch and be intimate very much.
Going to try and only talk when we meet.
Maybe it is better for you.
I want to see tomorrow.
Tell if sister will take family out from the house.
Send email now if you can.
Howie. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. I totally understand your feeling about me and us.
It was not the meaning.
The fact is when we are together I really want to touch you.
It is not sex is the most important thing.
Because I can feel very much you it is why I want to touch you.
I was trying to say maybe touching is not as important for you.
Anyway I want to see you today.
Now it is not raining.
Can be outside if you come early.
Send email when you can.
Howie. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. I know you like to hug and kiss but maybe sex is not important for you.
This is the meaning.
I really want you to be crazy and free in every way.
I want us to be able to talk about anything.
Really want you to enjoy sex with me and feel free.
Anyway maybe we could do an English lesson today with you and your sister.
It is a good excuse for you to come to the house.
Hey you could bring some beer in exchange for English lesson, heeee heeee.
Send email when you can.
Howie. ********
Hi. I am going to come over to see you soon. Probably within 30 minutes. Talk
again.
June 13, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I wanted to tell you last night was incredible.
You feel very good anytime.
I want to see you now.
I know we cannot meet until tonight.
I am waiting for you.
Send email when you can.
Howie. ********
Ikuko.
Hi. I want your sister to know but maybe better to wait.
I was thinking about it a lot today.
I know we are both very excited to be together.
You and I can understand many things about our relationship but other people
maybe will not be happy.
I agree it is too early to tell everyone.
For now you and I should continue to know each other and enjoy each other more
and more.
I think you and I would be almost perfect fit as a couple.
I enjoy my time with you very much.
Your personality is the type I am looking for.
You know I think you are very pretty.
Because of these things it is incredible to see you anytime.
I think you are reading this during your lunch.
Really want to see you tonight again.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 14, 2010 - Email Messages -
Hey I want to come there and then see you at preschool tonight. ********
Hi. I am coming to see you now. ******** Ikuko. Hi. I realize more and more
about Japanese women. They can really gamon, put up with, many things and do not
need the same as American women. I was a little sad you can wait to see me if my
knee is repaired soon. Really I would still want to see you every day. A bit
worried you may not want sex with me and maybe you do not want to be touched if
we are together for a long time. Please do not be upset about this thinking. You
and I now are older and many worries about getting in a relationship again. The
fact is I like you very much. It is difficult not to see you and to not touch
you when we meet. Today I went walking with Akiko and the baby. Now there is
almost no conversation between us except food and garbage. We are not a good
couple anymore. I really want to see you again. Send email when you can. Howie.
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Hi. I am not sure if you understand the meaning.
I am wanting to say you can gaman about your feelings and wait for many things.
You are able to control yourself very much.
It is good but then maybe you miss many chances for happiness.
Really I am not sure which way is better.
All I know is it is difficult for me to see you and hold my thinking and
feeling.
Because I like you very much I want to be close to you anytime.
I went on bike for a ten kilometer ride.
It was good for my knee.
Send email if you can. ********
HI. I like and love you very much. Talk to you tonight again. Until then.
June 15, 2010 - Email Messages -
Then wait I am coming to see you now. ******** Ikuko. Hi. I am going to sell the
house and go back to San Diego again. Akiko and I talked about many things
tonight. Tomorrow she will move to family house. Now it is same with your family
like many years ago. Your family does not want us to be together. I cannot go
through this same situation again. You are very important to me though you will
do anything your family tells you to do anytime. Send email when you can. Howie.
********
Ikuko.
Hi. I like you very much.
You already know this.
Really think this is creating too many problems.
For many years Akiko family does not want us together.
Now your sister is going to say the same.
It is difficult to stay in Japan because everyone is too much thinking and
urusai anytime.
Really everyone should worry about their own things.
If some people are happy together and good to each other then everyone should
not say anything about it for sure.
You and I can meet and talk about it more.
For now be happy and do not think too much.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 16, 2010 - Email Messages -
Hai. Going out now then.
June 17, 2010 - Email Messages -
Really I want to see you but I want to be with you but you are distant recently.
You make many jokes and I think you try to avoid being close.
It is sad but I can understand your personality.
It does not change my thinking about you.
I like you very much.
It does not change.
Send email when you can. ********
Hi. I wanted to meet you too but want you in many ways.
Already told you I am not pushing person but you make me crazy.
You are very pretty and I like you in every way.
I think about you and me alone in a place where we can be alone.
It is good image in my mind.
I know you are not wanting to be close with any man and I know your thinking.
Even if I know your thinking it is still difficult not to be close to you.
I cannot push.
Please understand it is the way I am anytime.
I want you to want to be with because of your thinking not because I am pushing
you.
I am many times in a relationship with a woman who cannot be close.
Could not even continue as a couple because it was lonely many times.
I want you.
It is very simple.
Send email when you can. ********
Ikuko.
Really I think you are a very beautiful woman.
I like the way you think look and feel anytime.
I can make love to you every night with no problem.
It is not wanting to cum.
It is wanting to make you feel good like a woman.
It is to see the look on your face and in your eyes when we are close.
Again I am not going to push you.
I want you to be with me and be close to me because it is your choice.
It is only then we can experience incredible passion together.
If is is only me who is feeling good then it is only sex.
Do not want it with you.
If we can both feel good and be completely happy when we are close then it is
not sex but it is making love.
This is the thing which I want from you.
Maybe going to sleep now but really want to know your thinking.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 18, 2010 - Email Messages -
Wait the usual place then.
June 19, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I cannot meet you tonight. Today was another service at the temple and soon
the family will come for dinner and stay a few hours. I am thinking about you.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 24, 2010 - Email Messages -
hai. wait in the back of your car. until then.
June 25, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am not going to be able to make it until you get home. Really tired and
not feeling good. It was kind of a difficult day again. Anyway I am thinking
about you. Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 26, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko
Hi. I really wanted to make love to you tonight. Send email when you can.
Howie. ******** Ikuko. Hi. I totally understand your thinking and hoping you
understand mine. A relationship is made up of many things including love,
communication, sex, and much more. If any of the things which make up a
relationship are missing it can lead to problems. Now I am in a relationship
where many things are missing such as communication and sex. Now I cannot be in
a new relationship with many limits. I am a very passionate man and I think you
are a very conservative woman. I know we like each other very much but worry
about our differences. Maybe you need to realize most American men are same.
They spend a lot of time with the wife or girlfriend. It is unusual for an
American man to be Japanese way. Riechan found this type of man. He is focused
on work anytime and does not talk with her much and there is no sex. After
marriage it seemed like Riechan was sad about many things. I want to be with you
but need to think now. I think we should only meet if other people are around us
for now. I cannot meet in your car for awhile. I am getting older and want to be
with someone who can give me everything and I can give everything. Maybe we can
meet outside sometime today and walk together. Send email when you can. Howie.
June 27, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I think we should continue to see each other and figure out a good
situation. Now the family came for dinner. Will try to send email again tonight.
Send email when you can.
Howie. ********
Wait in the back of the car then. Coming now.
June 28, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am getting ready to work now.
You said your mind was hot.
Maybe this means you want sex, heeee, heeee.
Anyway I am going to finish up many projects this week.
I am thinking about you.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
June 29, 2010 - Email Messages -
At 9 pm. ii desu ka.
June 30, 2010 - Email Messages -
Ikuko.
Hi. I was happy to meet you too but you were a bit scary last night.
Send email when you can.
Howie. ********
Hey I like you very much.
This is why I want to be free with you.
Tired of everyone thinking too much.
Everyone misses the most important things in the world because of too much
thinking.
I like you very much. ********
Yes now I want to go away with you and be free with you now. |
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