 January
1, 2010 -
Happy New Year, Nara Park, Kōfuku-ji, Tōdai-ji. Happy New Year - We would like to wish all of you
Happy Holidays and a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New
Year. We should soon be in the new house and
will be posting even more pictures along with some videos. We really
appreciate everyone checking this site and especially all
the email from our friends. Really looking forward to all of
you visiting us in Japan. |
 Nara
Park - Today we headed back to Nara Park to see a
couple of famous temples again. We saw lots more deer and
plenty of people. Within the park, many yatai were set up. A yatai (屋台) is a small, mobile food
stall in Japan typically selling ramen or other hot food.
The name literally means "shop stand." Many of them were
selling hot sweet potatoes and senbei which is a snack you
can feed to the deer. Nara Park (奈良公園, Nara Kōen) is a
public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot
of Mount Wakakusa, established in 1880. The over 1,200 wild
sika deer (シカ or 鹿 shika) freely roaming around in the park
are classified as a "Natural Monument." The park is also
home to the Nara National Museum and Todai-ji, where the
largest wooden building in the world houses a 50' tall
statue of Buddha.
More information about Nara Park |
 Kōfuku-ji
Temple - We visited the two most famous temples in
the park. The first temple is called Kōfuku-ji. Kōfuku-ji
(興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara,
in Nara prefecture, Japan. Kōfuku-ji, along with several
Buddhist temples, and other sites in Nara, received the
distinction of being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
under the name: "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara." The
picture is of the five story pagoda.
More information about Kofuku-ji |
 Tōdai-ji
Temple - Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Tōdai-ji, Eastern Great
Temple), is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of
Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the
largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's
largest statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese
simply as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple is a listed UNESCO World
Heritage Site as "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara",
together with seven other sites including temples, shrines
and places in the city of Nara. Sika deer, regarded as
messengers of the gods in the Shinto religion, roam the
grounds freely.
More information about Tōdai-ji |
January 1, 2010 - Email
Message - Valerie.
Happy New Year. Me, Akiko, and your little brother made it through New Years.
Tons of fighting and lots to tell you. Anyway, pretty soon we will be moving to
the new house. Posted new stuff on the site. Hopefully everything is going good
for you. Really happy about your grades. Knew you could do it for sure. I love
you and miss you very much. Send email when you can.
Love,
Dad.
January 1, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Happy New Year. Akiko and I made it through a difficult month with many family
problems mostly with the sister who is much worse now. Things are more settled
now but it will certainly be good when we move to the house. You can read my
site to find out the way we are spending our time. Hopefully you guys enjoyed
your New Years. Will be nice when you guys get a camera and we can hang out
online together. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 2, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
Hi. Akiko and I made it through New Years after tons of fighting the last month.
The sister is getting progressively worse mentally and is angry much of the
time. The other day she threw the thermos we bought for Shai. It smashed 6
windows of an interior door in the kitchen. Things seem to be better now but
really looking forward to getting out of this place and into the new house. New
Years Eve was spent home eating, drinking, and watching television. New Years
day the three of us went to the famous park and temples. At night we needed to
go to a cousins house who nobody likes for dinner. This Monday pretty much
everyone goes back to work and can relax more in this house. Kinda sucks
everyone was sick for your New Years. If you guys get a camera then we can chat
and fill in the no shows. We really miss you guys and talk about you often.
Hopefully things go good with the school and we can eventually move back home.
Send email when you can.
Howie. |
January 3, 2010 -
Rice Bowl.
Nope not talking about food. Today was the
Japanese version of the Super Bowl. This is American
Football with a few variations. The rules are basically the
same as college football in the United States. The two
leagues consist of a collegiate league and a corporate
league. The rice bowl is the culmination of the season with
the top team from each league competing for the national
championship. When the players get injured, they run out and cover
them with a blanket and walk them off the field. They
covered one of the players with a honey bear blanket but
could not take the picture in time.
January 3, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I really need a favor. We both really like the Chuck show. We used to watch
on television and on the Internet. Due to copyright problems, the NBC and WB
sites cannot be seen from Asia. The new season begins soon. If you could tape
it, we would be really happy. You would not need to send the tape, or DVD until
it is filled with many shows. Please let me know if you can do this. Thanks.
Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko. |
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January 5, 2010
- Today we wire transferred $60,000 USD from American to Japan |
January 6, 2010 - Email
Message - Valerie.
Hi. I think things will settle from now. Everyone pretty much said their
thinking and nothing more to talk about. Can begin working on the house from
next week. Tons of projects for sure. You are doing really good at your job and
I am very proud of you. Even with everything you went through, you turned out to
be a beautiful young woman and a wonderful person. Anytime I tell friends about
you it is nice to say you are intelligent, well mannered, no drugs and lots of
other nice things. Really hoping you can find a nice place to chat with me and
Akiko. Pretty sure you can use Internet at the Mission Trails Visitor Center
library. Would be really nice. I love you and miss you very much. Send email
when you can.
Love,
Dad.
January 6, 2010 - Email
Message - Dad.
I'm so excited for you and all your projects! I'm not trying to make a career
out of my job, but I do want to get as high up as I can before I graduate and
really try to get a job that doesn't really include making smoothies. I think
I'd only stay if I became a district manager because they make about $60,000 a
year. I did some training today and it was really easy stuff. I'm actually
really excited. I go back to school next week and I'm kind of nervous about it
because I read that the professors I'll have are known to be tough and
unorganized. Hopefully it'll all go well though. I'll probably be in the Mission
Trails area sometime soon because Aileen goes back to school soon. I love you
and miss you a lot.
Love, Valerie.
January 8, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I was really sick the last few days and went to get checked today. Really
not wanting to talk about the details but suffice to say it could be from all
the problems over the last few weeks. Went through a few tests and nothing
showed up. Definitely looking forward to getting out of this house and into the
new house. We wired the money from the United States. The money showed up a few
days ago but told the bank to hold the money for a couple days. Waiting paid off
as US economic data along with the resignation of the Japanese Finance Minister
this week pushed the dollar higher. Waiting netted an extra thousand bucks. We
went out and bought a display model refrigerator today for 500 bucks. It was
half price. Anyway, a few more days before the house closes. Hopefully you guys
are doing really good. Hey get the camera soon and we can chat. Send email when
you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 9, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
Hi. We need to give the kid a bath soon and then online again. Either way you
really should consider at least Skype, if nothing else for your business. Pretty
much everyone using it these days. Send email when you can.
January 9, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I think we cannot be online until 10:30 pm your time. We need to give the
kid a bath. Will send email when we are online. Talk to you again.
Howie, Akiko.
January 9, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I kinda figured the Logitech would be a problem. None of the television
sites work in Japan and my computer is changing most sites to Japanese because
of my Japanese IP address which is the same as this site. We are trying to
figure out if we can use Logitech but seems unlikely. If you decide to use
Skype, pretty sure we use FunEasyEnglish as the user name. You try on your end
and we will do the same. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 10, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim, Linda.
Hi. We were really happy to talk with you guys and see your smiling faces again.
Yeah the video is not the real thing but still way better compared to email. The
site is reading the Japan IP address and changed everything to Japanese. Going
to need to figure out a way to make everything go back to English. Anyway, today
is a couple mile walk to the building supply store and then tomorrow the house
closes. Planning to be there every day to finish up as much as possible before
the move which might be much sooner because of the situation in this house.
Enjoy the warm San Diego temperatures. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 10, 2010 - Email
Message - Jim.
Hi. I was not putting much energy into selling the truck due to the situation in
Japan the last few weeks. Thanks for the advice. Will probably let it go pretty
cheap at this point. Kind of useless letting it sit at the condo. Send email
when you can.
Howie.
January 11, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. We wanted to let you guys know the house was officially purchased today. We
needed to get the numbers from the electric meter and rode our bikes four miles
each way in forty degree temperatures in the pouring rain with much of the stuff
we purchased for working on the house. It pretty much sucked but no choice. From
tomorrow going to being working on the house. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko. |
 Ando
Town, Nara, Japan House Purchase
January 12, 2010 -
Yup, this whole house thingy began 6 months
ago in San Diego when we found this house online. After lots
of controversy and problems surrounding the purchase, we
made it happen today. The house needs tons of work and much
of the repair progress will be chronicled on this page. We
needed to get the numbers from the electric meter and rode
our bikes four miles each way in forty degree temperatures
in the pouring rain with much of the stuff we purchased for
working on the house. It pretty much sucked but no choice.
From tomorrow going to being working on the house. Continue
reading to see house information and pictures. |
January 14, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I am working on the house every day now. Me and Akiko will be moving there
on the 26th of this month. We will be without Internet for awhile. Send email
when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 16, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. I wanted to let you know we cannot chat Sunday our time but me and Akiko can
chat Monday afternoon our time and Sunday night between 11:00 pm and midnight
your time. I know this is later for you guys but need to wait at the house
because we are getting a delivery from the electronics store. The weekends are
not possible in this house for chatting anymore. The sister totally freaked out
again the other day and was screaming and slamming things. Needed to rush the
baby upstairs. Been riding the bike four miles each way to the house every day
to finish everything up as quickly as possible. Although not finished, the
kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom are now all sparkling and ready for us to move
in. We pushed the move ahead to next week. From that time we might need to wait
a month before we can get Internet due to the backlog. Might see if we can
access the Internet from the library. Either way communication might be
difficult the next few weeks. Anyway, let us know about chatting. We really miss
you guys. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 17, 2010 - Email
Message - Valerie.
Hi. Me and Akiko will be moving to the house next week. Been riding the bike
four miles each way to the house almost every day to finish everything up as
quickly as possible. Although not finished, the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom
are now all sparkling and ready for us to move in. We might need to wait a month
before we can get Internet due to the backlog. Might see if we can access the
Internet from the library. Either way communication might be difficult the next
few weeks. We were able to get cell phones though. Going to send you the
information soon. I love you and miss you very much. Send email when you can.
Love,
Dad.
January 18, 2010 - Email
Message - Dad.
Yay for moving in soon! Congrats on getting cell phones too! I've had a really
hectic week. I got a ticket for running a stop sign on Aileen's birthday and my
transmission went out on me the next day. Still have your 4runner? I'd seriously
consider buying it because I think the cost for a new transmission will be
around $3000 (for parts and labor). Things are kind of difficult financially
because I had to pay for school and books, but I know I'll find a way to get
everything up and running. I also got summoned for jury duty and I was supposed
to go on the 19th, but I got it extended for school. I don't think I can talk my
way out of the ticket because I told the officer I ran the sign when he asked me
if I knew why he pulled me over. I was hoping my honesty would get me off the
hook. Oh well. I think I'm going to try and ask the judge if I can do something
for the community instead of pay for it. I hope everything is going well and
you're getting a lot of fun projects done! I have my new class schedule too. I'm
taking managerial accounting, business communications, applied calculus II, and
world religions. I'm taking world religions because I needed a class to be full
time and it's an easy class that I won't have to concentrate on. I love you and
I miss you a lot.
Love,
Valerie.
January 19, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. We really enjoyed chatting with you guys. We are moving on Friday. Going to
send you the cell phone information next week. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko.
January 19, 2010 - Email
Message -
Jim, Linda.
Hi. Akiko and I will be moving stuff to the house today and then actually moving
on Friday. No Internet access from today. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko. |
 Property Plan
Gray - the road on the North side of the property
Brown - parking
Green - garden area
Yellow - rock walkway to the entry
White - dog run
1st Floor - The entry is on
the lower left. The hallway leads to the toilet on the left,
the sink in an adjacent room accessed from the
dining/kitchen (upside down DK) which then leads to the
bathtub and shower. The bedroom for all of us, until the
little dude is a bit older, (room all the way in the back) is accessed from the DK. There is a back entry from the
bedroom. From the DK there is an entry to the dining room in green which then leads to the
living room which is also in green.
2nd Floor - The stairs going up end at the
entry to what will be the science room and then out to the
veranda which will be remodeled to take advantage of the
view. The room adjacent to the
veranda shown in green will be the classroom office. The largest
room, which is also in green, will be the classroom.
Update
The outside property plan completely changed after
purchasing the house. We soon realized parking was going to
be a bitch and I completely changed everything around to
maximize the yard space for our personal use instead of
wasting it on parking. Much more about this as the house
nears completion and the pictures are uploaded. |
 Floor Plan
This
is basically the same as the property plan above except in
these diagrams the first and second floor are shown
vertically. The first set shows the room plan while the
second set shows the furniture plan.
We originally planned to use the second floor as bedrooms
and the first floor as classrooms and then realized there
was no place to entertain guests. In addition, going pee in
the middle of the night pretty much sucks when you need to
go down and back up a steep flight of stairs. The single
bedroom on the first floor will be good enough until Shai
gets a little older.
I plan to make an outside laundry space accessed from the
bedroom instead of using the second floor veranda which is
typical in Japan. Instead, we plan to use the veranda for a
relaxing spot to read, drink wine, BBQ, and take advantage
of the wonderful view. The veranda is accessed via the
Science room where I plan to install instruments to measure
daily climatic conditions. This will benefit Shai in his
science studies and the room will be used for planned
science classes in English.
The first floor living room will be the location of a wood
burning fireplace assuming we can find a kit in Japan. We
went to the building supply store but could not find the
materials we need. |
Gardening Plan - Spring 2010
This is my tentative gardening plan. Yeah being pretty anal as
usual but most of you who know me already expect this kind of
planning. Anyway, trying to fit as much as possible into this
small garden. Even this small garden should produce quite a bit
thanks to the quality of the soil and this hot and humid growing
season.
Quite a bit went into the planning of the garden including
calculation of the solar angle during the Spring and Summer. The
garden is in the shade of the house during the cooler months. |
 Gardening Plan
The trees are on the North side of the garden and should not
pose any problems. In fact, the plan is to use the trees to
support the pumpkin and zucchini vines and use less garden space
for these space consuming vegetables.
The other vine crops, peas and cucumbers, will be trained
along the wall on the West side of the garden.
This is all tentative at the point but seems to be a good
plan. Really looking forward to gardening again after being in
the condo for many years. Certainly is nice to be in a house
with a yard. |
Gardening Schedule
The
information on this page was obtained from the Nara
Prefecture site. The site is written totally in Japanese but
can easily be translated using Google Translate or some
other translation program. The gardening schedule pretty
much follows a time frame very similar to what you would
expect in a climate like Buffalo, New York. Kind of
interesting though. This location in Japan is very similar
in Latitude to San Diego but with a climate much closer to
that of Buffalo, which is located at a considerably more
Northern latitude.
Nara, Japan
Latitude = 34 30 00 North
San Diego, California
Latitude = 32 48 00 North
Buffalo, New York
Latitude = 42 57 00 North |
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| Corn |
トウモロコシ |
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| Tomato |
トマト |
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| Eggplant |
ナス |
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| Leek |
ニラ |
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| Garlic |
ニンニク |
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| Carrot |
ニンジン |
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Vegetable |
JAN |
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APR |
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AUG |
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DEC |
| Green Onion |
ネギ |
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| Napa |
ハクサイ |
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| Chayote |
ハヤトウリ |
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| Pepper |
ピーマン／
トウガラシ |
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| Broc/Caul |
ブロッコリー／カリフラワー |
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| Spinach |
ホウレンソウ |
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| Mizuna |
ミズナ／
ミブナ |
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| Mitsuba |
ミツバ |
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| Melon |
メロン |
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| Moroheiya |
モロヘイヤ |
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| Bean Sprouts |
もやし／
かいわれダイコン |
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| Tukuneimo |
ヤマノイモ |
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| Scallion |
ワケギ |
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Home
Purchase - Shopping List
Yup, this house is a total fixer but should be a pretty fun
project. Since most Japanese people are not into
do-it-yourself home repair, we cannot scam many tools from
family members or friends since none are available. We are
getting tons of household stuff though. Many family members
are purchasing some big ticket items for us such as a
refrigerator, stove, washing machine, rice cooker and more.
We are also getting lots of used stuff from the house
amounting to pretty much all the furnishings we need. The
family is happy to get rid of many things in order to create
more space in the house. The following is a list we began
making of things we need from the building supply store.
Decided to put it online to make it easier for us to keep
track of our purchases. |
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Home Purchase - Shopping List
- prices are per unit |
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Construction Materials |
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円 |
Product |
| 400 |
Concrete mix - 25 kg |
| 100 |
Concrete block |
| 40 |
Concrete brick |
| 900 |
Plywood sheet |
| 2100 |
Door knob |
| 50 |
Ceramic tile |
| 600 |
Wall patch |
| 3500 |
Regular paint - 3
liters |
| 10000 |
Regular paint - 14
liters |
| 3300 |
Bathroom paint - 3
liters |
| 5800 |
Bathroom paint - 7
liters |
| 1000 |
Laundry roof sheet |
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Drywall patch |
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Wood cleaner |
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Bathroom cleaner |
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Kitchen cleaner |
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Sponge |
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Brush |
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Tools |
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円 |
Product |
| 2500 |
Drill |
| 2000 |
Pad sander |
| 3000 |
Jig saw |
| 1000 |
Extension cord - 10 m |
| 200 |
Dust mask - pack of
16 |
| 500 |
Eye protector |
| 1000 |
Tape measure |
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Wire brush |
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Concrete trowel |
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Putty tool |
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Sandpaper |
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Utility rope |
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Paint brushes - 2" 4" |
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Rubber gloves |
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Work gloves |
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Gardening |
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円 |
Product |
| 1000 |
Standard shovel |
| 1000 |
Standard hoe |
| 1500 |
Standard rake |
| 200 |
Hand shovel |
| 200 |
Hand rake |
| 500 |
Broom |
| 3000 |
Hose with holder |
| 2000 |
Hand pruner |
| 2000 |
Bush trimmer |
| 100 - Hyakin |
Tree saw |
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Bamboo |
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Miscellaneous |
| Price
円 |
Product |
| 1000 |
Electric timer |
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Electric lights |
| 4000 |
Bike baby seat |
| 1000 |
Surge protector |
| 8000 |
Nabe |
| 1000 |
Bulletin board |
| 7000 |
Vacuum |
| 3000 |
Toaster |
| 3000 |
Coffee maker |
| 1000 |
Bulletin board |
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