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URL transition
I have no idea who is still using LJ these days, but red-bird.org sadly went into the hands of domain resellers so I cannot retrieve it. I am in the process of getting the-meiji.com functioning and I believe many files are still intact in the wordpress database so most of red-bird.org probably can be salvaged ( Read more... ) -
Japan pics
Hey guys, slowly getting my pictures up from a trip to Japan I took a few weeks ago ( Read more... ) -
Question about Ikumatsu?
Quite simply, what year did she die in? I need the information for a fanfiction I'm writing and Google has next to nothing on her.
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Random Meiji backtracking
Originally posted by paulownia at Random Meiji backtracking
Originally published at red bird. You can comment here or there.
Random links to residence of Katsura Kogoro (later renamed Kido Takayoshi):
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Tenjin in California
While Tenjin did not live in the Edo or Meiji era he was the saint many scholars from those eras turned to in their darkest hour.
The bronze statue of Tenjin below can be seen at the Garden of Associates at the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH).
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Wakamatsu Tea & Silk Colony Settlement Purchased
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/11/3178012/conservancy-buys-historic-japanese.html
The 272-acre Gold Hill Ranch was purchased for $3.2 million using a combination of grants, private donations and loans. It is the location of the Wakamatsu Colony, settled by Japanese immigrants in 1869 as a hub for tea cultivation, silk worm farming and other ( Read more... ) -
Shamisen question
For those of you familiar with Japanese music, what's with that "huuah!" or "hoi!" thing that some shamisen players do while they play? They'll often do it at the start of a piece, and I'm just wondering what that is. -
Hakuouki Shinsengumi...
thanks to reynardine noticed this is now up online as well as streaming on BT. (Online at animeseason.com under "Hakuouki") -
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700
While looking into earthquakes and tsunamis for work (fun fun), ran across this publication -"The Orphan Tsunami of 1700" - in a local geographhical newsletter ( Read more... ) -
A Piece of Kyoto in Los Angeles
YAMASHIRO RESTAURANT : History Page
Visiting with Huell Howser clip
Yamashiro is a super trendy restaurant which looms above Hollywood. Built at the turn of the century, it represents America's fascination with the orient at the time.
Hollywood footnote for you: Yamashiro's was also one of many locations used to film Memoirs of a Geisha.
