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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:51:37 -0800

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after visiting with the rest of the family, we packed up the car and drove for many hours along the japanese expressway towards fukui. shortly before dinner, the sun began to set, and peeked through the clouds, lighting up the snow covered rice fields in front of Mika's family home.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:51:47 -0800

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Mika's mom out-did herself (as usual) with our first dinner back in Fukui - a bottle of fine sake for her dad, brother and myself, chicken karaage, sashimi, inari, salad, tamago and rice, and many other delicious treats.

you know what my favorite part of staying at mika's family's place is (besides the awesome company and delicious food)? that every day ends with a shower and super hot bath, which is pretty much the perfect thing right before climbing into bed for a great sleep.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:50:56 -0800

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the family!

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:50:26 -0800

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me and the baby!

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:50:00 -0800

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mika's brother holding the baby.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:44:01 -0800

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after seeing the new baby, the kasamatsu family went out for a great family dinner in onomichi, where we ate all manner of super delicious things, and drank many, many liters of delicious beer. at some point, Mika's dad told the proprietor of the place that i was a famous, handsome canadian actor, after which she lavished us with many complimentary dishes.

at the end of the night, all she asked was to have her picture taken with me :D

pure hilarity!

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:56 -0800

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baby-chan!

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:41:24 -0800

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on our second day in japan, we were informed by papa-chan that we were supposed to take a train to onomichi for a day of family time with the new mom and dad and the baby (Mika's younger brother and his wife just had their baby the day before we arrived).

so we had about 6 hours to kill in osaka before taking the train there, and since my wallet broke the day before (ye ol' silver one is no more), i had a short list of things to do in osaka:

1. eat delicious ramen
2. find a mister donut and eat some pon de rings
3. find a new wallet if we had time
4. eat takoyaki

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:47:00 -0800

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another example of the japanese fascination with french meals.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:49:22 -0800

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mika holding the baby-chan.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:42:26 -0800

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#1: ramen at kinryo ramen (check). SUPER delicious ramen.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:45:00 -0800

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onomichi castle, as seen from our hotel room.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:46:37 -0800

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Mika's dad and myself.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:41 -0800

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otoosan to okaasan to akachan

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:49:45 -0800

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mika holding the baby chan again.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:41:54 -0800

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everyone's favorite clock - the glico man

(this is actually an old school repeat from my first trip to japan in 2005 to visit my sister, who was studying japanese in osaka)

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:49:52 -0800

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mika and her brother with the baby.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:45:46 -0800

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Mika and her older brother.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:47:33 -0800

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yes, that's HD tv streamed through the air into a built in TV from the factory.

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nobody@flickr.com (.WFJ) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:10 -0800

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okonomiyaki for lunch!!!