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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~4/VXC92fEfrsA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/feeds/1607110727505967557/comments/default" title="Komentarze do posta" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=638937026461908703&amp;postID=1607110727505967557" title="Komentarze (6)" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/1607110727505967557?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/1607110727505967557?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~3/VXC92fEfrsA/przerwa.html" title="Przerwa" /><author><name>Karol Tomoki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08589334873499179225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/2008/04/przerwa.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE4ERHgzeyp7ImA9WxZbEEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638937026461908703.post-7733055206758955566</id><published>2008-04-13T03:18:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-04-13T14:01:45.683+09:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-04-13T14:01:45.683+09:00</app:edited><title>Remniscences - Asakusa</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173632545005707410"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xvY3t3IJI/AAAAAAAAD0k/NUwByVzNxD0/s400/P1020551.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Yeah!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To post o dawnych dziejach, kiedy jeszcze ludzie zbierali się tutaj na wspólne wycieczki, a ja robiłem tyle zdjęć, że nie miałem czasu ich obrabiać.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Dawno, dawno temu, kiedy dla wielu mieszkańców TUAT International House Japonia była krajem tak pełnym dziwactw, że można było albo się z tego stale nabijać, albo pozostawać w głębokim, podskórnym przerażeniu, drogie i kochane International Society zorganizowało wycieczkę do &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakusa"&gt;Asakusy&lt;/a&gt;. A Karol Tomoki jak zwykle pocykał co mógł.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Asakusa to taki Most Świętokrzyski Warszawy - każdy, kto tu przyjedzie, musi to zobaczyć (heh).&lt;br /&gt;Ja to na przykład mam chyba zdjęcia spod Kaminarimon (bramy Pioruna) w 6 różnych albumach ze zdjęciami z całego mojego życia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173629504168861634"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xsn3t3H8I/AAAAAAAADy0/a4ugkRle1ic/s400/P1020515.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173629044607360930"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xsNHt3H6I/AAAAAAAADyk/w_zeF0IA_qo/s400/P1020510.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173630002385068002"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xtE3t3H-I/AAAAAAAADzI/EaUzsW7Fpoo/s400/P1020519.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173630479126437890"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xtgnt3IAI/AAAAAAAADzY/GmikCJKa8kw/s400/P1020523.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173631067536957490"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xuC3t3IDI/AAAAAAAADzw/kB_xRDGKjvw/s400/P1020529.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nadav z Izraela: pełnej krwi Polak, niestety - z polskiego umie tylko 'pieroshki'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173631690307215458"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xunHt3IGI/AAAAAAAAD0I/UPB2iG_fTTU/s400/P1020544.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173632892898058402"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xvtHt3IKI/AAAAAAAAD0s/4k8BmA88URQ/s400/P1020552.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sklep ze starociami...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173633081876619442"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xv4Ht3ILI/AAAAAAAAD00/FBd4ELlI6tM/s400/P1020553.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciekawe, ile to kosztuje.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173633524258250946"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xwR3t3IMI/AAAAAAAAD08/HaK6bOm1EcU/s400/P1020556.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Strasznie mi się podoba to kimono, bo jest takie stare i niewypolerowane, nie jak większość tych na ulicach Tokio. I kolory też ma ładne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173632076854272130"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xu9nt3III/AAAAAAAAD0c/7fFB3NkLUwU/s400/P1020550.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173633983819751634"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xwsnt3INI/AAAAAAAAD1E/Npp8p6_l36c/s400/P1020557.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;rzeczony Kaminarimon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173630904328200226"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xt5Xt3ICI/AAAAAAAADzo/AdhHMppmqiM/s400/P1020527.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A to moje ulubione&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Asakusa/photo?authkey=ERZNvZ-J70I#5173631827746168946"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R8xuvHt3IHI/AAAAAAAAD0Q/O7V-aRj_u-U/s400/P1020546.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-7733055206758955566?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Jest wystarczająco dużo argumentów, żebym został tu następny rok. A może i kolejny. Wystarczająco dużo - gdyby nie powody, dla których to nawet nie wchodzi w grę. Ale całe nasze życie jest szare, a nie czarno-białe, i dlatego warto wrzucać siebie w takie sytuacje, nieprawdaż? ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dzięki temu, że pozwoliłem Julienowi przenocować u mnie swoich rodziców, którzy wpadli do niego na wakacje, mój pokój zastałem w zadbanym stanie. Był nawet czystszy, niż go opuszczałem - zawsze mama sprzątała mój pokój po moim wyjeździe, teraz mogę też &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;dziękować &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;mamie francuskiej. Tylko w lodówce zastałem rzeczy sprzed wyjazdu, m.in. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;pomidory, jajka, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konnyaku"&gt;konnyaku&lt;/a&gt;,  i mleko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;. Co do pomidorów - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;tyle pleśni &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;widziałem w swoim życiu tylko 2 razy:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;kiedy mój brat zrobił eksperyment ze słoikiem pełnym.. bodajże grzybów (nie pamiętam czego, bo w pamięci utkwił mi, niestety, sam rezultat)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;w liceum, za czasów naszego klasowego Bloba, ale o tym nie będziemy rozmawiać.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W dniu przylotu mój ojciec świętował 60-te urodziny, które w Japonii są specjalne, bo wtedy przechodzi się na obowiązkową emeryturę. Mój ojciec tym samym pozbawia się zajęcia, które stanowiło 90% jego dotychczasowego życia, ale na szczęście zdążył wytworzyć sobie inne sensy tegoż.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Urodziny świętowaliśmy w restauracji w Shinbashi na 42. piętrze - zczekujcie windę.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/DadSBDay42thFloor/photo#5187986201392259378"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/karol.yamazaki/R_9t9omdITI/AAAAAAAAE0s/ptc7BaKjYac/s400/P1070888.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Taką chcę mieć w moim domu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W prezencie kupiłem mu beletryzację "Katynia" Wajdy. Uzależnienie od książek (sięgające choroby) oraz fascynacja historią Polski i całej Wschodniej Polski nie pozostawiła mi wyboru ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rozpakowałem się w końcu po 3. dniach. Dzisiaj spałem 13 godzin. Nigdy się nie polubiłem z jetlagiem, a może wręcz przeciwnie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 194px; text-align:center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/FlyinSecondHome"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/karol.yamazaki/R_9tu4mdIBE/AAAAAAAAFME/g6-gxHjho88/s160-c/FlyinSecondHome.jpg" style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" height="160" width="160" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/FlyinSecondHome" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Zdjęcia z lotu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table style="width: 194px;margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;text-align:center"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="background: transparent url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat scroll left center; height: 194px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/DadSBDay42thFloor"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/karol.yamazaki/R_9t9YmdISE/AAAAAAAAE2c/dUPqzVzl844/s160-c/DadSBDay42thFloor.jpg" style="margin: 1px 0pt 0pt 4px;" height="160" width="160" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/DadSBDay42thFloor" style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Zdjęcia z restauracji&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-2083366074460254622?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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No, ta moda, na przykład. Niby jest XXI wiek, ale i tak w powietrzu wali krochmalem. Czy ten szalik musi być taki ogromny? Czy jego czapka naprawdę musi mieć tyle... włosów? Podobno Francuzi są wychowywani tak, żeby wiedzieli i pamiętali o tym, że Francja jest wspaniała, a ich język - najbardziej wyrafinowany na świecie. Przejawia się to przynajmniej w ich ubraniach i sposobie trzymania papierosa. Nie mam natomiast nic do moich znajomych Francuzów i Francuzek - macie przepiękny język i kraj, to prawda.&lt;br /&gt;Chociaż wolę japoński.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No więc, tak sobie pozwiedzaliśmy różne miejsca. Niestety - ciągle zajmuje mnie bardziej po prostu szukanie okazji do fajnego zdjęcia, niż dokumentowanie klimatu miejsca. Przez co ostatecznie nie wychodzi z tego nic, bo zdjęć kupa - ale całości z tego nie ma. Ale z drugiej strony ciężko tak przez tydzień - zwłaszcza, jeśli 3 z tych dni się przesiaduje w domu :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W tym odcinku 5&lt;sup&gt;ème&lt;/sup&gt; arrondissement, czyli jedna z tych dzielnic, po których fajnie jest się przejść tak po prostu. I rzeczywiście; są ładne uliczki i szyldy; jest turecki meczet i kafejka z wróbelkami zjadającymi ze stolików; są buticzki z sukieneczkami i rzeźby z wielkimi jądrami. No i Ci dandysowaci Francuzi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182452933497537090"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vFfDZNQkI/AAAAAAAAEbI/Gz6DfUBgmKY/s400/P1060601.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zajebisty efekt z przesuwaniem szablonu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182453126771065426"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vFqTZNQlI/AAAAAAAAEbQ/6S0Ay6scw1Y/s400/P1060604.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182453345814397538"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vF3DZNQmI/AAAAAAAAEbY/HvOG9tUVaiA/s400/P1060605.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182454604239815394"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vHATZNQuI/AAAAAAAAEcc/03nCN5TGvd0/s400/P1060648.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182454389491450562"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vGzzZNQsI/AAAAAAAAEcM/vArlr9_PMrs/s400/P1060639.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182459311523972178"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vLSTZNRFI/AAAAAAAAEfg/MlfsW1y4qdo/s400/P1060700.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Tak, żeby nie było, że kłamałem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182459594991813746"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vLizZNRHI/AAAAAAAAEfw/d0fGsinhvWY/s400/P1060708.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement/photo#5182459985833837730"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/R-vL5jZNRKI/AAAAAAAAEgM/UmrPuVkfGCQ/s400/P1060715.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.pl/karol.yamazaki/0803135emeArrondissement"&gt;Obejrz muj albóm :)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-7204575990504423066?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Denfert-Rochereau 1) i sprawdziliśmy miejsce na mapce, znalezienie wejścia zajęło nam 0,5h. Zamieszczam zdjęcie tej niepozornej bramy do podziemi, na wypadek, gdyby ktoś w przyszłości mieał napotkać takie same problemy, jak my:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180219318575381154"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PWBjZNOqI/AAAAAAAAEFo/JMcmaYHq8t4/s400/DSC07307.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Jednak nie dane nam było Katakumb zobaczyć, bo jakiś pan zatrzymał nas przed wejściem i nie dał przejść. Był jakiś znak wywieszony, ale nie wiem, co znaczył, bo po francuskiego to nie kąprą, a angielski mi się zawsze podobał, ale jakoś nigdy nie mogłem przez niego przejść:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180219348640152242"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PWDTZNOrI/AAAAAAAAEFw/GzQ07s8ayYw/s400/DSC07308.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Domyśliłem się, że chodzi o zamianę jakiegoś klozetu, ale nie wiem, dlaczego z powodu prac toaletowych nie mogliśmy zobaczyć Katakumbów. Może to naprawdę duża toaleta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;W każdym razie poszliśmy dalej. Tego dnia zaszczyciły nas swoim widokiem: dzieci w ogrodzie Luksemburskim, Pantheon oraz Notre Dame (z zewnątrz).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180219619223091970"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PWTDZNOwI/AAAAAAAAEGc/eTOxYbId4cM/s400/P1060795.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180219919870802786"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PWkjZNO2I/AAAAAAAAEHM/OvYy4nDWRAg/s400/P1060829.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180219816791587650"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PWejZNO0I/AAAAAAAAEG8/jsG6vL6Gugs/s400/P1060818.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;W kafejce, opijając nieudane polowanie na Katakumby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180220435266878466"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PXCjZNPAI/AAAAAAAAEIg/-mFbK0_GbPk/s400/P1060853.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180222432426671698"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PY2zZNPlI/AAAAAAAAENc/e23d_pQD8fo/s400/P1070002.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Biedny, zmęczony, opuszczony rower.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180225666537046034"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PbzDZNQBI/AAAAAAAAERg/bHM6Bg7WIFk/s400/P1070069.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180222703009611474"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PZGjZNPtI/AAAAAAAAEOc/9FsudeJvpww/s400/P1070030.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180221307145239794"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PX1TZNPPI/AAAAAAAAEKg/2a3cTis7cHE/s400/P1060913.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180220641425308738"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PXOjZNPEI/AAAAAAAAEJE/7XkVOKQkQDI/s400/P1060867.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180221590613081394"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PYFzZNPTI/AAAAAAAAELE/Ywl33CQVMzk/s400/P1060920.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180220246288317378"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PW3jZNO8I/AAAAAAAAEIA/LCDf5X3A5ZQ/s400/P1060844.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180220284943023058"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PW5zZNO9I/AAAAAAAAEII/3WpDmo_bfDM/s400/P1060845-2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180220336482630626"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PW8zZNO-I/AAAAAAAAEIQ/1LvTvfQzLS0/s400/P1060849.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180222548390788738"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PY9jZNPoI/AAAAAAAAEN0/WrHJuMK0Rn0/s400/P1070008.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180222587045494418"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PY_zZNPpI/AAAAAAAAEN8/ORVGNNj4vjY/s400/P1070009.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180222956412682050"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PZVTZNP0I/AAAAAAAAEPY/q9FYLXh7IFE/s400/P1070055.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414/photo?authkey=I_kRUVjPfGk#5180223291420131266"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R-PZozZNP8I/AAAAAAAAEQc/AO5AQqIZ57M/s400/P1070105.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Dzień zakończyliśmy w prawdziwej, francuskiej restauracji sushi - ale to już w następnym odcinku.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zapraszam do &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/Paris080414"&gt;obejrzenia pozostałych zdjęć w galerii&lt;/a&gt; :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Przepraszam, że tak bez akcentu świątecznego. Wesołego jajka, Czytelnicy drodzy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-1007967256967610443?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Byłem wtedy świeżo po nauce chodzenia. Spędziliśmy ze sobą 3 lata, my z bratem bawiąc się w parku albo jeżdżąc rowerkiem po pokoju&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt; z ich równie malutką córeczką&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, a nasi rodzice – ucząc się trudnego życia mieszanego małżeństwa w Tokio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Po 3 latach, w 1989 roku, moi rodzice postanowili zamieszkać w Polsce. Pożegnali się więc z Barnardami, kazali swoim dzieciom podziękować za opiekę, i zniknęli z ich życia. Nie wiem, co &lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;myśleli przy pożegnaniu – czy obiecywali sobie ponowne spotkanie przy najbliższej sprzyjającej okazji? Czy może wręcz przeciwnie – nie sądzili nawet, że będą mogli się już kiedykolwiek zobaczyć, a co dopiero &lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  ich dzieci?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dzięki wysyłanym do nas co roku kartkom noworocznym, mogłem ich odnaleźć, i ku mojej wielkiej uldze – odpowiedzieli zaproszeniem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Zwiedziłem okolicę, w której zwykłem mieszkać. Zobaczyłem sklep spożywczy, do którego zwykłem chodzić z Mamą, gdzie zwykła kupować mi słodycze. Pogadałem z panem, już dziadkiem, który nadal prowadzi ten sklep i, co rozpromieniło moje serce, zapamiętał mnie i moją rodzinę (!). Spędziłem 9 godzin na rozmowach z państwem Barnard i z Sophie, dowiadując się o nich rzeczy, o których nie miałem pojęcia – właściwie dowiadując się o nich od początku, wszystkiego. Bo co mogłem o nich wiedzieć, skoro przestałem ich znać, kiedy miałem 5 lat?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;Stare fotografie napełniły się kolorami. Mrok w głowie, mieszający wspomnienia ze zdjęciami, zniknął, zastąpiony żywą, oddychającą treścią. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;Zamglone sny przeszłości odepchnięte, przytłoczone &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;– &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;doświadczeniem. Wspomnienia przestały być &lt;/span&gt;tylko &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt;wspomnieniami.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To było zdecydowanie metafizyczne spotkanie. Jak im opowiedzieć, co się działo ze mną przez te 20 lat? Nie – kim się &lt;strong&gt;stałem &lt;/strong&gt;przez te 20 lat! Bo przecież przed tym czasem byłem nikim więcej niż małym berbeciem, latającym z zaślinioną mordką od zabawki do nóg mamusi i z powrotem. Te 20 lat to czas definiowania mnie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Na takim spotkaniu chcesz pokazać kim teraz jesteś, jaką jesteś osobą – ale jak to zrobić? Od czego zacząć? Co mówić, a czego nie? Oni nie wiedzą o Tobie &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;nic&lt;/span&gt;. Nawet najoczywistszych faktów, które zna każdy Twój znajomy. Nawet ten daleki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tak mało o sobie wiedząc, taką bliskość odczuwamy. Na zdjęciach&lt;span&gt;&lt;span xmlns=""&gt; z 1988 roku&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, zobaczyłem siebie na Gwiazdce w ich domu. Rozmawiałem z nimi jak z ciocią i wujkiem. Czułem się jak u mojej rodziny. Nie - będąc u mojej rodziny, nie odczuwam takiej bliskości.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jadąc do domu ostatnim pociągiem w stronę Tokio, zacząłem się zastanawiać, co by się stało, gdyby w 1989 roku moi rodzice niczego nie postanowili, a dalej żyliby w Japonii, do dzisiejszego dnia. Ciekawe, czy dalej byśmy tam mieszkali. Ciekawe, czy dalej bylibyśmy sąsiadami państwa Barnard. Czy lubiłbym Rogera, Masako i Sophie tak, jak polubiłem teraz... A może byśmy się stamtąd wyprowadzili, albo stałoby się coś, co by sprawiło, że kontakt między nami by się całkowicie urwał.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Może bym już ich nigdy nie spotkał.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Niech za dowód tego, na ile mi się tam dobrze siedziało, poświadczy fakt, że zapomniałem tam zrobić chociażby jedno zdjęcie. Za co siebie nienawidzę.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS. Cytat z tytułu - "Ichi-go ichi-e" - to kluczowe hasło związane z ceremonią picia herbaty, silnie związane z filozofią Zen. Oznacza mniej więcej "Jedyny czas, jedyne spotkanie" - i wyraża przekonanie, że każde spotkanie jest samo w sobie wyjątkowe i niepowtarzalne, i wydarza się tylko w tym miejscu i w tym czasie. Bardzo często na ścianie pokoju przeznaczonego do ceremonii picia herbaty można ujrzeć powieszoną kaligrafię "Ichi-go ichi-e" - przypomina ona uczestnikom ceremonii, że spotkanie, którego mają zaszczyt doświadczyć, wydarza się tylko tu, i tylko teraz, i przez to jest bezcenne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-3402453254028737384?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~4/n5je69wi9iw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/feeds/3402453254028737384/comments/default" title="Komentarze do posta" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=638937026461908703&amp;postID=3402453254028737384" title="Komentarze (6)" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/3402453254028737384?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/3402453254028737384?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~3/n5je69wi9iw/blog-post.html" title="一期一会" /><author><name>Karol Tomoki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08589334873499179225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>6</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/2008/01/blog-post.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0AMQns6fip7ImA9WxZTFkQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638937026461908703.post-1430418028226975646</id><published>2008-01-19T03:28:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-01-19T06:29:43.516+09:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-19T06:29:43.516+09:00</app:edited><title>Ishikawa Sake Factory</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156880847095640882"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5DrzuAmszI/AAAAAAAADgU/qyPq5_lOZFg/s400/P1040189.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ishikawa dynasty came into existence over 400 years ago (in the &lt;abbr title="Muromachi"&gt;室町&lt;/abbr&gt; period), and is known for producing &lt;abbr title="sake"&gt;酒&lt;/abbr&gt; since 1880, which is 10 years after Spring Valley Brewery, established by Mr. William Copeland in Yokohama. Spring Valley Brewery later changed its name to Kirin and became the most famous beer brand for Japanese, but it didn't stop Ishikawas from rockin' the local market (and "filling the hearts of Japanese citizens with fulfillment", quoting the promotional video).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156881100498711730"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5DsCeAmtLI/AAAAAAAADjY/qEcXj5XIi5k/s400/P1040270.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Try to guess what is the purpose of this ball. The answer is inside the &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory"&gt;gallery&lt;/a&gt; :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Personally, what amazed me the most on that trip, was the fact that I somehow ended up as being the translator for non-Japanese speaking guys. As braggy as it sounds, I could really understand all that the sake guy told about fermenting the malt, bacteria digesting the rice and stuff, and what is more, I understood it to such a degree that I could actually translate it all to English. Such a level of comprehension is rarely observed when Tomoki listens to any specialized story in Japish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This clearly showed the progress I've underwent since coming here in October. And in that meaning, indeed, Ishikawa san filled my heart with fulfillment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156881091908777122"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5DsB-AmtKI/AAAAAAAADjQ/9MmZNFFz-QY/s400/P1040268.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156915365747799250"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5ELM-AmtNI/AAAAAAAADlM/ZdTjz5z67o0/s400/P1040201.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156881117678580930"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5DsDeAmtMI/AAAAAAAADjg/i7Zx4jd9A-8/s400/P1040273.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156880941584921538"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5Dr5OAms8I/AAAAAAAADhc/gSXxgwgXK6o/s400/P1040208.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory/photo#5156881061844006018"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R5DsAOAmtII/AAAAAAAADjA/IL6Tnz3f9zs/s400/P1040256.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/IshikawaSakeFactory"&gt;Go to the gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-1430418028226975646?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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I met some new Japanese guys there, apart from the usual crew, including Mitchie, also known as The Boss (surprisingly calm for a guy shepherding this multicultural bunch).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't ask why they're all black and white, cause I just like it that way. Managed to take some portraits in there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005322948246210"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3FjkOAmesI/AAAAAAAABe0/IbkgT6SGtnk/s400/P1020966.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sarah &amp;amp; Thiri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005610711055170"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3Fj0-Ame0I/AAAAAAAABf0/mRHhWMxE6n0/s400/P1020983.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ladie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005657955695442"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3Fj3uAme1I/AAAAAAAABf8/oFK-McEoOO8/s400/P1020985.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Abby&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005902768831426"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3FkF-Ame8I/AAAAAAAABg0/OxyQK8ccVEE/s400/P1020999.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ladie again&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005842639289250"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3FkCeAme6I/AAAAAAAABgk/_YH_hHfiiKQ/s400/P1020992.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ju&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005675135564642"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3Fj4uAme2I/AAAAAAAABgE/rGP9xeEoHPE/s400/P1020988.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Marjohn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005868409093042"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3FkD-Ame7I/AAAAAAAABgs/jH_f5Pr7VTU/s400/P1020994.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;She rarely shows this side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/XmasPartyInternationalSociety/photo#5148005378782821090"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3FjneAmeuI/AAAAAAAABfE/-MTfIsaXZCc/s400/P1020968.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unnamed drunkards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a sidenote: I enjoyed different takes of muslim people on Xmas and New Year's Eve. They don't celebrate any of them, but some were keen to participate in Xmas party, while the others didn't particularly feel the vibe. Furthermore, some didn't even consider the New Year's Eve as a topic for a conversation, but some even sent New Year's wishes to people. I know it's all kind of obvious, but it just further proves how religious dictations are more part of the cultural side, not religious one, of the society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheeyers!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-9068319138873663637?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~4/CLlLP7_LIno" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/feeds/9068319138873663637/comments/default" title="Komentarze do posta" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=638937026461908703&amp;postID=9068319138873663637" title="Komentarze (0)" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/9068319138873663637?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/638937026461908703/posts/default/9068319138873663637?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TokyoSteppin/~3/CLlLP7_LIno/trans-national-xmas-friendship.html" title="Trans-national Xmas friendship" /><author><name>Karol Tomoki</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08589334873499179225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://tokyosteppin.blogspot.com/2008/01/trans-national-xmas-friendship.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CUMEQns_fSp7ImA9WB9aFE4.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-638937026461908703.post-5546071306053086297</id><published>2008-01-03T21:45:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-01-04T16:56:43.545+09:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2008-01-04T16:56:43.545+09:00</app:edited><title>My New Year's Eve</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281219058961026"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30G-eAmioI/AAAAAAAACHU/tBy6u1uEIhs/s400/P1030495.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent the Eve in the traditional Japanese style, with my father, grandmother, uncle and his wife. It was truly great, appreciating the tradition and hearth, chatting with my grandma and listening to her laugh. Eating her precious &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;oeuvres&lt;/span&gt;, made from vegetables she grew up herself or got from the neighbors. Visiting the sights I remember from my early childhood, and comparing what I see with what I had in my head. Finally, it was fun to go to and see one of the most famous temples in Kantō area in the wake of the new year, where we experienced huge masses of people getting back in touch with Buddha as they do every year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My grandma lives in Narita, just next train station from the airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is where she lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281455282162482"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HMOAmizI/AAAAAAAACIw/xZVNBowXocE/s400/P1030520.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This is NOT the most boring picture of this album, this is called 'setting the stage'!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After eating &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;toshi-koshi soba&lt;/span&gt; (Japanese people traditionally have those buckwheat noodles just on the brink of the midnight) at one of my Japanese uncle's place (I've got two of them here, yay! Except I don't know much about them!), we went to the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Narita-san &lt;/span&gt;temple to welcome the new year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here, a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;lengthy side note:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japanese Christmas and New Year's Eve is somewhat completely the opposite of what it is in Poland. As I told in the previous post, Polish Christmas is all about hearth and family reunion, whereas in Japan it is mainly an occasion to spend additional $ on your beloved girlfriend in some funky restaurant. Just like Valentines, except people don't look weird at you if you pass a gift to your lads as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the contrary, Polish &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Sylwester &lt;/span&gt;is just as important an event for Polish people as for Japanese, except Polish definition of 'welcoming new year' is comprised of words like 'cheers',  'wasting', 'bushes', and 'of your life'. It is also mysteriously similar to the contents of the "Dictionary of Modern Alcohols" recited in one breath. One recent research showed that in Poland, on the New Year's Eve, the use of words like 'mature', 'responsible', 'behave', and others connected to rational thinking, is 20% of average daily use. This 20% suddenly roams to 220% in two first days after the Eve, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Japanese &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ōmisoka&lt;/span&gt;, however, is what Christmas is for Polish people: rejoining and celebrating togetherness. Tradition dictates that you stay home, eat traditional food with your family, and the next day you go to the temple to ask &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Hotoke-sama&lt;/span&gt; (Buddha) for his blessing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The normal people go the next day, that is. But the more religious go in late night of 31st, so they stand ready for the rituals which begin to take place precisely 00:00. Just as the people who like events and go there to see stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this is where we're getting back to our story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151280909821315346"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30GseAmiRI/AAAAAAAACEY/WCKxKXsY2-g/s400/P1030414.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151280935591119154"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30Gt-AmiTI/AAAAAAAACEo/6KBfHwOBhfw/s400/P1030419.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151280952770988354"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30Gu-AmiUI/AAAAAAAACEw/tZ0GSg5bkN4/s400/P1030420.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151304081169878210"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30bxOAmjMI/AAAAAAAACMA/oImfKIiWeMU/s400/IMG_0615.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151304111234649314"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30by-AmjOI/AAAAAAAACMQ/iCa97r9CkQE/s400/IMG_0617.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281115979745810"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30G4eAmihI/AAAAAAAACGc/S42aw3mtDfc/s400/P1030466.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281107389811202"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30G3-AmigI/AAAAAAAACGU/V_S4VzxVehs/s400/P1030458.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281128864647714"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30G5OAmiiI/AAAAAAAACGk/QaI4PBZJP_g/s400/P1030472.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't know about your countries, people, but seeing this many people in a Polish church on New Year's Eve would be.... quite unusual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(note to self: I need a tripod)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next day, I went with my father to see the jungle gym. It's couple of steps from my grandma's house, and I remember it from when I was 5. My father beats me though, because he spent his whole youth here, running around and cutting bamboos to funny shapes with his pocket knife. He as well was seeing me with his beautiful Polish wife here, while I was mounting the steel ladder shouting more to myself &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"nie boję się, nie boję się"&lt;/span&gt; ("I'm not afraid!")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was walking this park inside my head, as was my father. I could sense the interpolation of our childhood memories. One of those 'father and son' moments, if you wanna simplify it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281287778437810"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HCeAmirI/AAAAAAAACHw/17D3SVSW0Tg/s400/P1030503.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281335023078098"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HFOAmitI/AAAAAAAACIA/ecPRapKQIuk/s400/P1030505.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281360792881890"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HGuAmiuI/AAAAAAAACII/b25nZbV8TGI/s400/P1030506.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281438102293282"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HLOAmiyI/AAAAAAAACIo/S5ATlquQYiQ/s400/P1030512.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151304227198766402"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30b5uAmjUI/AAAAAAAACNE/WhTZlwvsK44/s400/IMG_0625.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So, this is how I spent it. Now getting back to work, more exams and presentations awaiting, and on February - holidays in Poland!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dedicated to my Grandma, the sunniest 81-year old I know (she keeps amazing me with her supernova energy every time), and my Grandpa, whom, although I didn't spend much time with him, I still remember, and keep remembering, as a great, great Grandpa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281592721116114"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HUOAmi9I/AAAAAAAACKE/sv2kXu45EWo/s400/P1030546.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS/photo?authkey=Fa2wyS_9aBc#5151281768814775442"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R30HeeAmjJI/AAAAAAAACLo/2nXXG6LAy7I/s400/P1030575.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NewYearMyGrandmaS"&gt;See the full gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-5546071306053086297?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Maybe it's because I don't go out of the dorm at all these days. But it's mainly because Japanese don't celebrate it the way Poles do - at all. Polish Christmas is - apart from its religious part - all about the family and the hearth, whereas Japanese treat it almost like second Valentines - you spend it not with family, but with friends, you don't have any special meals this day, but you go to some nice &lt;a href="http://xmas.tokyodisneyresort.co.jp/tds/menu/dinner.html"&gt;restaurant&lt;/a&gt; with your lover instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, in short, I don't see ANYTHING Christmas on the streets, because I don't go to the shopping malls often enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not sad, it just feels... kinda new. I guess I accept this as part of my re-acquainting with the Japanese customs (I mean... if I want to become familiar with Japanese life, stuff like this shouldn't surprise me, should it).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weather was beautiful though! Sky looked more like early September. Ridiculously warm and clear. Just adding up to that overwhelming feeling, which could be dubbed the "Christmas? Huh?".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/ChristmasEve/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3Dm9-AmeGI/AAAAAAAABZs/c4s9Y3kEgYY/s400/P1030095.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"Er, Rudolf, can we cancel the flight today? The weather's just crappy." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met my father this evening. He took me to the restaurant of L'Institut Franco-Japonais, where, after choosing the course from the display in front of the place, we just knew that there's a fixed Christmas menu for everyone (luckily we could choose what beer we want to drink). He spent a whoooping 22,900¥ (that's roughly 200USD or 500PLN) for that evening! D'oh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/ChristmasEve/photo#5147868596959344882"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3DnNuAmePI/AAAAAAAABa0/vM0cM4lfZHo/s400/P1030131.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Never thought liver can be so pretty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/ChristmasEve/photo#5147868717218429250"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R3DnUuAmeUI/AAAAAAAABbc/6k4qoLpYXBU/s400/P1030148.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wine was so good, though! It fitted perfectly with foie gras (which in turn was true delicacy), I forgot the name though... I'm sure it starts with Miz, it's white and totally sweet, whoever knows anything about wines, please help me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace and relax, everyone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-6017778033554765526?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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Thanks to being invited to that ceremony, I had a chance to experience the cursed blessing of being a Half (ハーフ, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;haafu&lt;/span&gt;, Japanese for bi-racial) in its rare beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Thanksgiving_Day"&gt;Niiname-Sai (新嘗祭)&lt;/a&gt; is an old Japanese holiday, deeply connected with &lt;a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html"&gt;Shinto&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto"&gt;religion&lt;/a&gt;. First signs of its celebration trace back as far as to the year 768, when it served as a chance to thank &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;kami&lt;/span&gt; (神, deities) for the year's harvest, but since restoring the holiday on 1948, it changed the name to Labour Thankgiving Day (&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"&gt;勤労感謝の日,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display: none;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="t_nihongo_romaji"&gt;Kinrō kansha no hi) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;and nowadays serves more for commemorating labour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International Student Center told us about the ceremony going to take place in &lt;a href="http://www.ookunitamajinja.or.jp/"&gt;the shrine in the area&lt;/a&gt;, so we went. (BTW: So shrines in Japan have their own homepages, how cool is that! Do Polish churches maintain their homepages too?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was not until we entered the prestigious &lt;a href="http://www.kekkon-net.jp/0092/index.php"&gt;marriage celebration hall&lt;/a&gt;, when I realised we are not going to be ordinary audience in this ceremony. Along the white-clothed tables in an luxurious hall, dozens of old Japanese man wearing suits were being served Japanese tea by women in kimono.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After all guests gathered up, we went outside to complete another point of the traditional procedure - washing hands aided by simply, yet beautifully dressed women. They poured water from wooden basin on our hands, after which they handed us a sheet of paper for drying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137157516999621666"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rZizv9fCI/AAAAAAAAAl4/KaUyK3WETEE/s400/P1020011.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137157796172496162"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rZzDv9fSI/AAAAAAAAAn8/s_lqAOxNf4o/s400/P1020039.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would now only wait standing in the column for monks to start marching towards the Main Shrine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137157688798313666"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rZszv9fMI/AAAAAAAAAnM/DUrYa3jGink/s400/P1020027.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of nowhere, a sound of gong could be heard, and after a third time - the monks moved. Guided by curious stares from Japanese families who gathered around in the garden, our column marched inside the Main Shrine, to the stage where the main ceremony would take place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I suddenly realised what an honour it is to be invited to such a ceremony. We were clearly a special guests here; nobody went inside that place except the monks, us, and those strange old Japanese men, who nobody told us who they are (I presume they were politicians). It is an ages-old holiday, known by every Japanese man, yet none of them has actually participated in the traditional ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I slowly walked in the column and looked in their faces, I felt... embarrassed. I am a half Japanese, I should have known about this holiday and that nobody attends the actual ceremony nowadays. Yet I am treated as an Exchange Student here, invited with a group of people from China, Ghana and France, to sit next to the stage and observe the monks chanting. I know this is a great opportunity, yet I feel ashamed. I don't want to feel as an Exchange Student, I prefer feeling like Japanese. My place is among them. They keep looking curiously at me, but it is me who should be looking at this column. From outside, unattending.&lt;br /&gt;A bizarre mixture of privilege and disappointment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is reserved for Halves only. This was one of those rare moments when the ambiguity of being a bi-racial stood up in all its clarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ceremony itself was beautiful, music tranquilizing and entrancing, chants and dances magical. It was cold and long, but the moments when after the sacred dance you saw fallen leaves being gently blown onto the stage by a soundless wind - you felt the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;kami&lt;/span&gt; hears and responds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ceremony had no pictures allowed, I'm sorry. But when we went outside, another surprise awaited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turned out that there were lots of family who were late for the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichi-Go-San"&gt;Shichi-Go-San&lt;/a&gt; ceremony. This is a rite of passage for kids, namely 3 and 7 year old girls, and 5 year old boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137185588905870434"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rzEzv9hGI/AAAAAAAAA5A/bvgxqi37S-s/s400/P1020086.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I went into photographer frenzy. Took a lot of beautiful pictures, cause I got pretty much guaranteed &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;two key factors&lt;/span&gt; of making a good picture:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;A good lighting,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A small Japanese girl in kimono.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;They are all ridiculously colorful, and so pretty! Just &lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan"&gt;look at them&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137184863056397170"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0ryajv9g3I/AAAAAAAAA3E/at9O-TsEzhI/s400/P1020062.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137185322617897986"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0ry1Tv9hAI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/nft3LtIT87Q/s400/P1020077.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137197571864626818"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0r9-Tv9hoI/AAAAAAAABDI/XflptIFnCY8/s400/P1020083.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137185073509794754"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rymzv9g8I/AAAAAAAAA3w/0iOjbAhRwD0/s400/P1020071.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137184570998620930"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0ryJjv9gwI/AAAAAAAAA2M/74mRZZfe130/s400/P1020052.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137185554546132050"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rzCzv9hFI/AAAAAAAAA44/Gr-7IPWZoTI/s400/P1020084.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Festival on the streets in front of the shrine looked as how our Campus Festival should have looked like - big, noisy, crowdy and, again full of colours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186061352273170"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rzgTv9hRI/AAAAAAAAA6c/PNhyczfEsPk/s400/P1020116.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186112891880738"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rzjTv9hSI/AAAAAAAAA6k/SeER2sDNrac/s400/P1020117.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186297575474514"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rzuDv9hVI/AAAAAAAAA68/I3Kzmo09Ka4/s400/P1020127.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186495143970178"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0rz5jv9hYI/AAAAAAAAA7U/tjbQcFG3Tdg/s400/P1020132.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186847331288562"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0r0ODv9hfI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/MZDfEujJECs/s400/P1020144.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137187036309849634"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0r0ZDv9hiI/AAAAAAAAA8o/QNt3oCZiDV0/s400/P1020147.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137187135094097474"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0r0ezv9hkI/AAAAAAAAA84/ObReqzHdubk/s400/P1020152.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan/photo#5137186920345732610"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0r0STv9hgI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/FM_hEpQi-HM/s400/P1020145.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Doneru kebabu&lt;/span&gt;! I feel at home!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And as if it was not enough for one day, later Imen took me to the Arabic Bazaar which took place in Turkish Mosque in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Yoyogi-Uehara&lt;/span&gt;. There I had a chance to look at muslims in Japan, and - again - their kids. What a heartwarming day!&lt;br /&gt;How fun it was to see muslim kids running around the crowd, one of them Black, the other Arabic, and the third South Asian, all three of them quarelling in Japanese. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137201750867806386"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sBxjv9iLI/AAAAAAAABHs/ECiOhYjqxzI/s400/P1020156.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137200492442388130"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh6.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sAoTv9hqI/AAAAAAAABDg/mDg0UGl_By4/s400/P1020159.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137200745845458738"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh5.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sA3Dv9hzI/AAAAAAAABEo/w9KedNViHis/s400/P1020176.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137200599816570594"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sAujv9huI/AAAAAAAABEA/XMA5ngPnGqc/s400/P1020170.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137200891874346850"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sA_jv9h2I/AAAAAAAABFA/6G1YbAFzv-A/s400/P1020180.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137201033608267650"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sBHzv9h4I/AAAAAAAABFQ/J6cftEdhehQ/s400/P1020183.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137201269831469010"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sBVjv9h9I/AAAAAAAABF4/Wb9dRpaHudw/s400/P1020192.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137201411565389826"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh4.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sBdzv9iAI/AAAAAAAABGQ/7vZF_nigeTg/s400/P1020195.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque/photo#5137201716508067986"&gt;&lt;img src="http://lh3.google.com/karol.yamazaki/R0sBvjv9iJI/AAAAAAAABHc/ZUipTkyy-d8/s400/P1020208.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please, take a look at the galleries, I had such a fun taking those.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/NiinameSaiAndShichiGoSan"&gt;Bling - Shinto colorfulness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/karol.yamazaki/TurkishMosque"&gt;Blong - Muslim delightfulness&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/638937026461908703-4966437580952994843?l=tokyosteppin.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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