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Nigel W. Ruddock
Jan 2, 20203 min read
Why.....
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019 Monday 18th November 11月18日..........月曜........ ....................do I keep...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Dec 22, 20192 min read
Curious Kasai
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019 Sunday 17th November 11月17日..........日曜日 Looking at Tokyo from one of its high...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Clothes pegs, hiphop and Saint-Saens...........
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019 Saturday 16th November 11月16日 土曜日.......... A nice sunny Saturday morning should...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Dec 10, 20193 min read
Plastic swans, Imperial taste, and an Anglican oddity........
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019 Friday 15th November 11月15日金曜日 High up above the town of Nikko, at well over 1200...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Dec 6, 20193 min read
The Japanese have a word for it.....Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019
Tuesday 12th November 11月12 火曜日 / Thursday 14th November 11月14日木曜日 In British India, the colonial rulers developed areas in the Himalayas...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Dec 3, 20193 min read
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019
Cats, Showbiz and Art Deco Sunday 10th November 11月10日 (日曜日) / Monday 11th November 11月11日月曜日 Let me introduce you to Kuro 黒 chan. She...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Nov 29, 20193 min read
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019
A wind band, a glut of French Impressionism and a Pacific view...... Saturday 9th November 11月9日 (土曜日) Do you know those novels where the...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Nov 25, 20194 min read
Notes from the Archipelago - a Japanese Autumn 秋 2019
I have never considered November as a time of year to take a break. It is generally a gloomy, cold month. Autumn has said goodbye, and...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
May 24, 20193 min read
A bumpy bus, a Shinkansen, Temples and Sake...
Saturday (土曜日) 6th April and Sunday (日曜日) 7th April 2019 I think the sign of a good trip is that when it's time to return home, you are...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
May 23, 20194 min read
There is something odd about this valley....
Friday 金曜日 5th April My host serves me breakfast at my table overlooking the wide ocean horizon. I am about 200 km south west of...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
May 18, 20193 min read
The wild Pacific......
Thursday 木曜日 4th April Time to leave the environs of Mount Fuji and head down south to the Izu Peninsular (IZU半島) . This is not actually...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
May 15, 20194 min read
Food of the Gods
Wednesday 水曜日 3rd April 2019 Cycling under the shadow of Fuji-san (Mount Fuji) can be quite cool in April, so imagine my delight at...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 25, 20194 min read
Home of the Gods
Monday (月曜日) 2nd April There is a mantra that you will often come across in tourist brochures about Japan. It goes something like this:...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 20, 20194 min read
Sutoroberi dessert
Sunday (日曜日) 1st April “…It’s a unique concert, starts at 11am. You need to bring an apron, a triangle bandage, and a hand towel ......I...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 16, 20193 min read
Anyone for baby squid?
A Japanese Spring Sunday (日曜日) 31st March l It’s fun having friends in Eastern places. I should be thankful I live in near a cosmopolitan...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 15, 20192 min read
Peter Maxwell-Davies......
Japanese Spring 2019 Saturday (土曜日) 30th March Peter Maxwell-Davies, Jo Kondo, Oliver Knussen, Rafael Nassif,...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Cats, car worship, warm book shops and freezing cherry blossom...
Japanese Spring 2019 Friday (金曜日) 29th March At last I have cracked the logistics of leaving Yokohama station to get into town. You...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 13, 20193 min read
An 18thc. garden, a grating accent and sharp swords
Japanese Spring 2019 Thursday (木曜日) 28th March Today is cloudy (Kumori 曇). I decide spend it in Tokyo. There is one garden I would like...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 12, 20194 min read
Giddy Heights, a much-loved survivor and some fake soup
Japanese Spring 2019 Wednesday (水曜日) 27th March It’s always nice revisiting old haunts, so I decided to stay in Yokohama today. The sun...
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Nigel W. Ruddock
Apr 9, 20193 min read
Japanese Spring 2019
Tuesday (火曜日) 26th March - Tokyo Imperial Gardens My first full day in Japan, and I’ve already taken the train into Tokyo from Yokohama...
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