Hi everyone! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Well, I haven’t abandoned this blog. Just been focused so much on my other blog. Plus the fact that I no longer live in Japan has made it more difficult for me to regularly post about Japan. However, I intend on posting here once a week again.
To begin, let me reintroduce you to a video series I’m doing called A Taste of Japan. I’ve done several videos in this series already. Here is the most recently published video, all about Enoshima. There will be more than thirty more videos in this series. Please enjoy!
As you may have seen, it’s a fairly long video, and may be one of the longest in this series. But I hope you found it informative and interesting. If you have any comments, please leave them in the comments section below!
I’ve begun a new series on my YouTube channel called A Taste of Japan. I’ll be making videos of different events, places, and culture in Japan. This is episode 1 of A Taste of Japan.
At the shrine near my home, there’s an annual festival in September that features local dance clubs, cheerleading clubs, a taiko drum club, and singers. In the past, there’ve been professional enka singers, but not this year. I took a few videos, and now, my new series on YouTube has begun.
Here is episode 1 of A Taste of Japan.
I used Windows Movie Maker, as it appeared the other video editor I was using has informed me I must now buy it. I get roughly the same result with WMM, though.
It’s been a while since my last post, but I’m here with a big one. Lots of photos for you to enjoy.
My family went to Kamakura today for lunch and a long walk. We started off at Kamakura station and walked down to Kua’Aina, a Hawaiian hamburger restaurant that we really love to eat at. I had a bacon mozzarella burger.
After lunch, we went down to the beach and enjoyed the view. It was 15 degrees and sunny, and there were several surfers out.
The kites were out, as well. They’re always around the beach looking for food. They do a lot of hunting, but also tend to go after food that people have. I took a video of the kites.
And here’s my daughter enjoying the beach.
After passing Inamuragasaki (the above picture), we could see Enoshima. However, right below this picture, something interesting was happening. In fact, a woman asked me not to take pictures. But…
…after walking a while, I turned around, zoomed in, and took a picture. They were filming a TV drama. In Kamakura, there are a lot of TV shows shot. Not just dramas, but also variety shows, food shows, and more. There are also a lot of rich and famous people living in the city.
The famous Enoden train goes along the coast in southwestern Kamakura. We saw a couple trains go by.
We entered Fujisawa, near Enoshima, and I saw an orange Lamborghini, though I’m not sure which model. However, it appeared to be quite recent.
This is the last photo I took on our walk. However, it wasn’t the end. This was taken around Enoshima, and I zoomed in on the small sailboats. Not so clear in this photo, though. We continued walking until Tsujido Station in Fujisawa. It was a total of 13.68 km. Not bad. That’s our usual walk.
It’s now just after midnight, which means it’s December 14th. And that means it’s time for the Japanese General Election! I made a quick video about the election. Check it out.
It’s been more than a day since Typhoon Phanfone passed through the Tokyo area, and I’ve been able to see the effects around my home. Thankfully, there was no damage. The wind wasn’t so bad, but the rain was incredibly heavy. South of where I live, there were evacuation orders for those living around the Hikiji and Sakai rivers in Fujisawa. I live about a 10 minute walk from Hikiji River, but my area wasn’t included in the evacuation orders. However, when I went out to go to work, I saw the water level in the rivers around my home. Unbelievable.
I’d like you to check out all of the posts I made during the typhoon. I was live-blogging the entire time. So, have a look.
October 6th (10:37 am) – We’d heard the evacuation order for Fujisawa at this time. 50 mm/h rain!
October 6th (around 11:30 am) – The rain had stopped suddenly and it became sunny quickly. But look at these photos of the rivers. They were incredibly high.
So, today (or I should say yesterday, as it’s past midnight now), I went down to the Hikiji River to see the aftermath of the typhoon. The water level had risen about 2 metres, which is pretty impressive for a river that is only about 50 cm deep. So, please watch this video.
I’ve been live-blogging typhoon Phanfone on my book blog for a little bit of fun. I’ve made several posts so far, but the typhoon hasn’t arrived yet. However, it’s been very rainy and windy all day. Tomorrow morning, the rain and wind will be very strong. Winds of around 100 km/h are expected in Yokohama. I work there tomorrow. I wonder how I’m getting to work.
Jay Dee in Japan 