Month: June 2005
Tuesday, June 16, 1885 – Evening in Kyoto
After the long train ride we’re finally here… we gather our things and get off the train. I look around but a train station at…
June 16, 1885 Tuesday
I dress in my uniform today. I have business with Chief of Police Toshio anyway. “Hurry up Saya, I am -not- missing that train.” I…
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To Kill a Brother
?EURoeWeren?EUR(TM)t you a Shinsengumi!!??EUR? He shouts and I point my rifle at him. ?EURoePut down your katana and come quietly. I will not repeat myself.?EUR?…
Monday, June 15th – Yagi House – Late Afternoon-Evening
Makoto-chan plays outside as I work in the main room, getting my things together. I’m not taking much, really, but I have more room to…
Sunday June 14th
I give Makoto-chan a conspiratorial wink as we go through the gate that’s marked, “Private Property”. “Are you sure it’s alright that we come here?”…
Saturday June 13th 1885 – Evening
The day passes with a lot of activity – seeing to laundry, running Makoto around, going to the market, and I’m stopped on the street…
June 12 , 1885 – By the Seaport (Saya)
I smile as a familiar face comes into view. I thought he?EUR(TM)d be spending the whole day indoors. Saying my goodbyes to Yomi-san, I head…
Friday, June 12, 1885 – Dinner at the Yagi House
After Hajime leaves I go inside and change, since my kimono did suffer slightly from climbing over the fence. I shake my head as I…
June 12th, 1885 – Noon
Today I work like a -fiend- and even Sugiyama-san notices as I have the staff hopping. My tea sits cold and untouched from when it…
June 12, 1885 – Before dawn and shortly thereafter
I stirred awake because of a slight noise outside. Immediately I reach for the gun under pillow and slid the shoji of my room open.…
June 11th, 1885 – Very Late Evening
Makoto-chan goes to bed without too much protest tonight. Of course, after that note from her teacher… I shake my head. It would be unrealistic…
June 11th, 1885 –
I hold onto the piece of paper from sensei… I don’t want to show this to Okaasan. Isuzu-chan has one for her mom too. “Let’s…
June 11, 1885 – Kata
After dropping Saya off at the sweets shop I make a stop by our rented place before proceeding up the hill. It is good that…
Wednesday, June 10th, 1885 – Mid-Day
After leaving Asuka-san, I go back to my house, putting away the things I had bought at market. Perhaps the job will work out for…
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June 10 – Lunchtime
I thought they’d never finish! Following women around is a pain most of the time. They talk to much on the way there and tarry…
June 10th – Morning in Town
After I clean up from breakfast, I ask Saya, “ready to go see some of Ito and look into getting a job?” I set the…
Wednesday, June 10, 1885 – Morning at the Yagi House
I get the girls to school and come back as quickly as possible. I was glad Isuzu-chan was ready to go, sometimes she’s a little…
In Tolerance and Acceptance – A Journey that took almost a Lifetime
Hokkaido?EUR? The largest government detention facility is here, much worse than the one I was kept as a POW in Tokyo, but that?EUR(TM)s not where…
June 10, 1885 – Early Morning Conversation
?EURoeYou?EUR(TM)re up early Hajime-han!?EUR? I walk up behind him and threw my arms on his waist. Oh I know how he so much hated this…
June 9th, 1885 – Evening – The other house
I take the smaller of the lights with us, leaving the larger one for Saya. I step outside the gates with Hajime, locking them behind…
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Monday, June 8th, 1885
Nothing had panned out… I sit at my desk at the Sugiyama onsen still stuck on the issue of finding Saya a job, or at…
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Friday, June 5th, 1885 – Ito
After work I go see Hamada Yasuo, who runs a small but elegant ryoken in the older section of town, near the river. He knows…
June 8, 1885 – Monday – Visiting Tokio
?EURoeMou! I am starving! Hajime-han?EUR? Lets go to your favorite soba stand!?EUR? Saya clings to me like her usual self and I do all I…
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June 6, 1885 – Saturday – Out of Kyoto
“Don’t bring too much. We do not have a lot of room and I do -not- want to lug your stuff around.” He peers into…