tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post756982273394723382..comments2024-01-14T17:29:57.602+09:00Comments on Life in Rural Japan: Throwing MochiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671659320538901131noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-85364514891283710602009-03-09T22:12:00.000+09:002009-03-09T22:12:00.000+09:00Vicky: every week I discover new people living her...Vicky: every week I discover new people living here in Japan who are leading basically a mirror of my life. It is nice to find people enjoying the same kind of things and getting frustrated by the same kind of things! I look forward to learning more about your adventures up in the north!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671659320538901131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-28404169196031686322009-03-08T23:28:00.000+09:002009-03-08T23:28:00.000+09:00Jo, thank you for commenting on my blog, I have ju...Jo, thank you for commenting on my blog, I have just spent a happy half hour reading back through some of your posts!<BR/><BR/>We are absolutely at the end of the Japan spectrum yet so many things in common! <BR/><BR/>I thought our school was tiny with 75 kids but it's huge compared to yours! And your life is definitely a shade more rural than ours, as our town/village is gradually getting suckedVickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586437968219484958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-33252710627396683492009-02-19T07:59:00.000+09:002009-02-19T07:59:00.000+09:00Hi Jo,I'm glad I can bring a little light entertai...Hi Jo,<BR/>I'm glad I can bring a little light entertainment into your busy life! I either laugh or cry about most of the strange events here and laughing seems the better option. Oh for the days of letters.... unfortunately computers just mean that I have not only forgotten how to speak English, I have also forgotten how to spell - automatic spell checks are a bad thing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671659320538901131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-61663501796333272732009-02-18T17:34:00.000+09:002009-02-18T17:34:00.000+09:00I love this - just what I needed after a full day ...I love this - just what I needed after a full day of teaching and two/three kids who are still not asleep at 9pm!! I feel like I have it easy, and these are SOOOOO entertaining. Reminds me of the letters you sent during holidays - always entertaining. Such dry humour - awesome!! Keep up the good work.Jo McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198379055130961499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-76269560903787328452009-02-04T20:44:00.000+09:002009-02-04T20:44:00.000+09:00Anchan: Unfortunately our school is too small for ...Anchan: Unfortunately our school is too small for me to be able to avoid doing any of the duties... I just smile and nod and pretend to know what is going on all the time! Bachan's are definately not the stereotyped image of sweet polite Japanese people!<BR/><BR/>thefukases: no - we definately don't go to a private school... but I guess we are far enough away from the big cities that we are not Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671659320538901131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-87496835283892952852009-02-04T10:54:00.000+09:002009-02-04T10:54:00.000+09:00Got tired just reading! How you pushed for putting...Got tired just reading! How you pushed for putting the kettle on for Marina and I one Monday morning? <BR/><BR/>Rachel - very funny visual of a pregnant you and some rolling mochi. I was allowed up on our roof to throw ours - pregnant and in high heels. Not the usual but they didn't fight me either :)Gaijin Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002872730404970732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-37548171305459554612009-02-04T10:43:00.000+09:002009-02-04T10:43:00.000+09:00Yes, the mochi's for good luck, I thought everyone...Yes, the mochi's for good luck, I thought everyone knew that? When they put the roof up on the house next door, they had a mochi-toss and people flocked out of the cracks it seemed, I hadn't realized we had so many neighbors! <BR/><BR/>There's often a really big mochi tossed for extra good luck. I was pregnant at the time, and not keen on getting in the way of the black-eye crowd, but the Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321189743948194204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-36853479953563643122009-02-03T19:49:00.000+09:002009-02-03T19:49:00.000+09:00I agree- otsukaresamadeshita!And is your daughter'...I agree- otsukaresamadeshita!<BR/><BR/>And is your daughter's school private? I'm impressed that you can still sell food. That O-157 (?) poisoning in Osaka a few years back nixed all food selling at schools and hoikuen around here. The bazaar takings are now pitiful with just unwanted hikidemono sets and garden produce (hard to sell daikon to people who have it by the fieldful!)shinshu lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06687535978619731812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25713648.post-62259950317440100962009-02-03T09:29:00.000+09:002009-02-03T09:29:00.000+09:00Otsukaresamadeshita! So far I've managed to avoid ...Otsukaresamadeshita! So far I've managed to avoid being called upon to do my 'duty' (they can't decided who is to be the one to speak to the foreigner). Bazaars really do bring out the worst in baachans! They're bad enough at Jusco when there's a barain to be had... So much for the Japanese being the most polite people!anchanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310271841918034588noreply@blogger.com