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Himeji-jo and sakura
A year long blog telling of my daily adventures while living and working in Himeji, Japan
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- Happy Birthday Akiko
- Fireflies (aka Lighting Bugs)
- The Things My Children Will Eat
- Sara's Style of Reading
- Sara Riding Her Bike
- Sara Laughing
- RJ's Japanese
- Ikebana
- Ice Cream, Japanese Style
- May's 12 on 12
- Tea Ceremony
- A New Park
- Himeji Baraen
- Meet RJ, aka Chef Hammes
- 27 Days
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple
- Note to Self...
- Pancake Smiles
- The Luckiest Mom in All of Japan
- Apple Pie for Four
- Ticket Please
- Fushimi Inari Shrine
- Oh No My Gosh It's Yucky
- I Love Mornings Like This
- The Traffic Park
- Yakiniku with Friends
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When to call the Hammes'
If you are wondering when the best time is to call us, let me explain.
We are usually awoken up by the kids around 7am which is 3pm the day before for those of you in Arizona. Mitch and Sara are usually around most of the early mornings on Mon & Fri (which translates to your Sun. & Thurs. afternoons). If you want to catch me, Sat. & Sun. mornings are best (which translates to Fri & Sat afternoons). If you happen to be up at 5am your time, that is 9pm for us and the kids are in bed, but we usually have the computer in the bedroom with us.
So remember it is free for you to call us at 602-748-4312, it is not free for us to call you.
We are usually awoken up by the kids around 7am which is 3pm the day before for those of you in Arizona. Mitch and Sara are usually around most of the early mornings on Mon & Fri (which translates to your Sun. & Thurs. afternoons). If you want to catch me, Sat. & Sun. mornings are best (which translates to Fri & Sat afternoons). If you happen to be up at 5am your time, that is 9pm for us and the kids are in bed, but we usually have the computer in the bedroom with us.
So remember it is free for you to call us at 602-748-4312, it is not free for us to call you.
The Cost of Living in Himeji, Japan
- A bowl of Ramen with 4 thin slices of pork - 600 yen (~$6)
- case of Pepsi - 998 yen (priceless)
- 24 strawberries - 500 yen (~$4.75)
- Big Mac combo meal (medium size) - 620yen (~$5.90)
- 3 med tomatoes - 498yen (~$4.65)
- head of iceberg lettuce - 298yen (~$2.78)
- 2 porkchops centercut - 550yen (~$5.13)
- 1 lb of hamburger - 760yen (~$7.10)
- 4 apples - 498yen (~$4.70)
- 2 twin bed hotel room - 10000yen (~$95)
- 1 km on the bus - 200yen (~$1.90)
- 10 eggs - 218yen (~$2.10)
- 1 quart of milk - 197yen (~$1.80)
Links to my Friends in Japan
Australian Friends 2007
My friends with blogs
Reliable Friends with Businesses
Interesting blogs/sites I have found
Things I have eaten or tried while in Japan
- Japanese Smores - toasted marshmellow, chocolate and saltine crakers. The salt and sweet go well together
- Sashimi - not as bad as I thought it was going to be
- Tacoyaki - Octopus balls - Mitch tried this and hated it
- Sweet bean paste - not my favorite
- Persimmon - (Japanese fruit) very crunchy and yummy. A little sweet
- Pickeled ginger - absolutely disgusting
- Pickled radish - not to bad, very bitter
- Squid Jerky - Sara tried this one and LOVES it
- Sushi - (the cooked kind of sushi) very yummy
- Milk vitamin - actually very yummy and healthy
- Pickled Plum - not very tasty by my standards (very tart)
Visitors Schedule
Our final scheduled visitor has come and gone...now we are packing up to come home. My last day of school here is July 18th. We will leave Himeji late on Saturday, July 26 and return to Phoenix late on July 29th.
Upcoming Holidays for me:
July 21st - Sea Day
Upcoming Holidays for me:
July 21st - Sea Day
Travel information
Books I am reading or have read while in Japan
- Mothers
- Norweign Wood
- A Long Way Gone
- Your Man in the Mirror
- All Moms go to Heaven
- A Kiss to Remember
- Plain Truth
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- Nineteen Minutes
- What is the What
About Me
- Merry in Japan
- We are living in Himeji, Japan for one year while I teach English at Himeji High School. Mitch is trying out Mr. Mom, RJ and Sara are attending an International preschool and learning Japanese much quicker than we are.
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