Trip to Japan - September 25th - October 3rd, 2004
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Kate and Tim Buerger in Osaka
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He fell and still didn't wake up...
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View out Kate's balcony
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Hard Off, HARD OFF!
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Kate at the fountain in Kurayoshi
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Pretty lane in Tottori
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Now that's a bench!
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Kids out at the stage
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Clocktower in Tottori
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Timezones abound
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A firetruck in a foreign land
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Crazy looking ambulance too
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a garden clock
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See the bunny in the flowers?
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A wish of ALL women.
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Some of the beautiful mountains
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Little river running through town
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Sad little computer store...
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Kate and her new car!
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The Suzuki Alto
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Kate parking her new vehicle
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Some traditional Japanese harp music
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The younger kids played pretty well
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Just listen
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Not bad for grade schoolers
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Some of the older kids
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They were good too
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Everyone together
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This is the view from one of Kate's schools
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Kate outside near the bike racks
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School's just gettin' out
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A rather nice place
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And this is the scenery on the walk to the bus stop!
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A shrine just off the road
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Headstones anyone?
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They are pretty headstones
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The view from a bus stop... amazing
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Tottori at night
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Godzilla!
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I learned to use chopsticks!
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The view from Kate's other balcony
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Jusco!
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There's mountains everywhere...
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And now for the tour
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The main room
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Kitchen area and washer
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The bedroom / living room
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and more
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and view back out into the main room
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That's alot of Super Famicoms at Hard Off!
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The girls took me out for ice cream at Ladyboy Lawsons!
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On the way to the Sand Dunes
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You just can't get away from the beautiful mountains
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Ah, the Dunes!
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That poor man never caught his fleeing umbrella
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And then it rained pretty hard
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A Beer Vending Machine!
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Mister Donut!
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Some more mountains on the train home
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Such greenery everywhere
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One last look at Japan...
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Ok, just one more
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