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Kung Hei Fat Choy !

Kung Hei Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year! I was reminded that today was the start of the Chinese New Year festivities when we received a small visitor.Until 1873, the Japanese New Year was celebrated just as the Chinese New Year is celebrated now (based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar). In 1873, when Japan adopted […]

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Super Bowl Monday

The Super Bowl started at 8:00 am Tokyo time today. Someone decided to “work” from home this morning. © Copyright 2007-2009 La Fuji Mama, all rights reserved

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Setsubun Snow

Today is Setsubun in Japan. Setsubun is a holiday celebrated yearly on February 3, one day before the start of spring, according to the Japanese lunar calendar. One of the ways this day is celebrated is with a special ritual to chase away evil spirits, called mamemaki (豆撒き), which means “bean scattering”. In this ritual […]

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What makes my day?

The answer to that question definitely depends on the day in question. This week however, the things on the list would likely be the following Good Things: 1. Kirin’s Nuda Grapefruit & Hop Sparkling: My current favorite drink. It is a sparkling water with a hint of grapefruit and the slight bitter bite of hops […]

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Story of a Day in Two Parts–Part Deux: Bad Day Gets Better

Story Continued . . . . So how do you give a day more “oomph”? Now if I really have to answer that question for you, I’m worried about you! But, in case there are some of you out there who truly don’t know the answer to this question–the answer is simply one little word: […]

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A is for…

I have decided to participate in the 2008 ABC-Along on Ravelry. This entails posting a photo every two weeks to correspond with a letter of the alphabet. The photos should be a reflection of me and things that are meaninful to me. What a fun way to spend the year! Here is the schedule for […]

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Comfort Chicken

Squirrel brought home a bug from the States and has been sick ever since. After 4 days of cleaning up baby barf I thought I had escaped getting sick. WRONG! Yesterday when my head felt like Mt. Vesuvius just waiting to blow I had to admit that my immune system wasn’t as great as I […]

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Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Based on my review of 2007’s “first posts” I think I need to work on my opening lines! Just a little bit boring, don’t you think? We are finally back from the US. Although we had a wonderful visit, I am so happy to be back in my own bed. The cats were very happy […]

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2007 in Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe that it’s already 2008? I thought that since this is my first post of 2008, and also my 100th post, it might be fun to review my first posts of each month in 2007. Here are the titles and first lines of 2007! January– No posts this month! This […]

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Merry Christmas from Sunny Southern California

The whole Fuji Mama clan is now in Southern California visiting my parents. Out of 18 hours of total traveling time, Squirrel slept a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes. That being said, she was completely happy the entire time. However, despite the wonderful fact that she was happy the entire time, we had […]

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