Nigel W. Ruddock
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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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 4 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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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