Drum Bridge (Taiko Bashi) at Sumiyoshi Shrine

This is the Bridge Taiko was Named After.

Taiko At A Mountain Top Shrine.

I miss my baby girl!

Natsukashi! Kintaro In Mashiko

Ran across this photo of Kintaro when I first got him.
I'm going in to Family Mart to get him and me a curry nikumon (meat filled bun.)

Akita Sized Dog Bowls.

Akita Sized Urns

Akita Sized Urns.

Kintaro's Birthday Burger At Winchell Trail.

As busy as things have been, I missed Kintaro's Birthday on May 24th.   So we celebrated on Memorial Day at the park just off the Mississippi.   Kintaro always gets a Whopper on his birthday.   We had a nice walk on the Winchell Trail, the oldest wild trail in the City park system.

Jindos I Saw On My Korean Trip.

Akita Dog Story From Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue And Support

GOOD NEWS FROM THE ROAD: Yesterday, we met a man at an evacuation centre in Sendai who told us a very touching story about his Akita dog, named Shane. The man is a pillar in his community and when he heard the tsunami warning he rushed to warn his neighbors after letting Shane free in the yard. After notifying his neighborhood, he tried to get back to his house to get Shane, but the tsunami was rapidly approaching and he was forced to go to the local school on higher ground. He had given up hope of ever seeing Shane alive again. But, 6 hours later, one of the people staying in the center said they saw a dog outside. The man went to look, and it was Shane!! Shane had never been to the school before, but somehow, his instincts lead him there. The dog swam through chest-high water before being reunited with his guardian.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japan-Earthquake-Animal-Rescue-and-Support/207835229228979  The man took us to Shane, who was staying at his house several blocks from the school (the water had receded of course). Shane must have hung onto debris, as he cut both his elbows on something. We instructed the guardian on how to clean his wounds and gave him some ointment to ward off infection. We were able to leave fuel with the local veterinarian, so he will return to check on Shane and provide him with antibiotics to ensure his wounds heal.

http://japanearthquakeanimalrelief.chipin.com/japan-earthquake-animal-rescue-and-support/You Can Contribute To Their Work

The Blog that Launched Wasao's Career.

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Shaggy dog I met in the town of squid, "you'll be" - you love to burn the meringue

Below, Google Translation of Wasao section of original post

Soon became anxious time for about 30 minutes walk from the station, shops Arawaremashita grilled squid and dried squid few doors illustrations and joyful. Squid-Cola!

The dried squid you can Morimori!

We still fresh squid texture Leave.

Dried squid is a Ah Fu I also 染Mazuta of Qinghai and empty 哀Shikarazu (牧水 mountain mele)

Are many things besides the dried squid. The middle white octopus 頭Rashii apparently. It's so big and amazing as well, can not be surprising that prohibits the dried octopus spree! I like a bite of squid, used for cooking or tempered?

This way is in line with the octopus. On TV long time ago "to become champion of the earth after what is in hundreds of millions of squid and octopus," but told me, I'm glad eight decades life, so would have been a hit octopus octopus alive, Ukkari that time ... .

　

I just looked at the octopus tirelessly taught me the octopus trivia aunt came out of the store.

"There will be a taco man and a woman, her legs would be like this (pictured at left. Which is attached to the suction cup feet), it has become this man (pictured at right. This is one of the middle leg Shows from the smooth) This is a man ... I ... "

It is also shocking that the octopus genitals man, waving his shy to talk about men and women keep themselves octopus moet-moet (Moe Moe say sophisticated) to.

This is a "kite above," I said 口Rashii squid. I have such a solemn mouth limply to look like that ... after all 侮Remasen squid and octopus. Champion of the Earth hopes to be next no doubt that they are no longer so. I have now resigned to dried fish.

Grilled squid (£ 250), where to eat in the back of the store bought. The old lady, "Bring the apples had" not been approved and so I shall have money economy and a whole bag! It was good when I was hiking and bite each got two mini Shirakami.

In addition, "I'll take a picture like grilled squid!" Pictures taken are said to disguise (it is a strange smile ... stays Hoobatta squid.) I'm in the octopus per side, or just not what framing! It's a hot dress is still hot, but from what I went in the spring.

Mere children stare from the corner of Ocean Road grilled squid "to be an exciting and even octopus squid and kind people as well, the sea blue line to the power turbine irresistible 走Rushi 回Rushi anymore ..."

"I just keep running the antenna is stimulated rolling Summertime ... eh?"

Memory "Oh that dog as a dog barely feel something!"

Dog "."

Dog "... (real hard right now)."

"Memory can not call this dog now ... I wonder if I will not bite Oto can touch and feel but are unlikely to talk through ..."

Dog "Wahoo"

"Memory!"

Their owners has emerged. You'll be delighted.

"This child has been abandoned by picking up the highway. With a dog until now, so discipline is not ready for the first time"

"Small children do not understand the manners to even painful bite to cry ... I'll have to let the bad things that you Wakara this way. I guess getting out of hand abandoned breastfeeding"

"This girl is quiet like Dunno how much of Nikki Kaoran. I know it behaved dogs are found together in much the model of this, people still like"

Dundee (dog's name I forgot to call I get to hear the name without permission), "Little girl, Hana Sawa discipline let the ax Atai. Tongue"

Aunt "Like a dog really stupid and hurt too freely at the hind legs and rub ..."

Aunt "It's an Akita dog it"

Mere child. "Not because it is a bushy white!"

Your "I can kind of sometimes. Might just be discarded with it."

"Memory may be a slight per Akita like facial features closer to the thickness of the ear or indeed is sleep like a dog sled ... but"

Us, "Should I be pulled Ne Once winter"

"Memory and I ... Shitsukenai lot ..."

You'll be "play with? Play with?"

"Memory is you'll either love Mom?"

I "! Love you!"

Media, "I see ... I wish I had ..."

Your "I'll mon trouble as anyone about"

"I love you!"

I met you I went to the Azigasawa if you'll be in contact, please give a child because I love gardening very carefully. I mean I also love earnestly responsibility or worry at the clothes, the main one got hurt that I decide to pull the arm injury, so can not you just hold your horses because the teacher put it perfectly Shitashi I think you are seeing when I was a little more polite.

Fu 染Mazuta white dog I even peek of blue sky and sea a fall fix this (I 牧水 the mountain)

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