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| What looms behind this misty mountain? |
On 13.7. we took the train to the nearby town of Otsu where Johannes' family used to live.
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| Lace. |
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| Rainy day. |
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| Announcing. |
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| Another cab. |
First, we found the Finnish School of Japan where Johannes' parents were teaching years back and where Johannes started school. The school is not operating anymore, and the building is a family home/hostel/music school nowadays.
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| Combined school and dormitory. |
The door was opened and we got to go in for a visit!
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| All the old books were still there! |
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| Instructions for loaning books. |
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| J's 1st class. |
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| Wow. Lot's of memories! |
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| Dorm. |
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| Sauna. |
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| Greetings from Jasuko! |
Next: Nangoo, where Johannes used to live.
Food was needed. There was not a lot of choices in the small village. Actually we found just one that was open.
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| The menu is written on the wood sticks on the wall. |
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| Ramen? Sushi? Miso? Tofu? Edamame? |
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| You silly tourists. |
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| We managed to order food! |
Then it was time to find J's old home!
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| Our house on a hill. |
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| An interesting garden. |
The view from our 3rd floor was impressive!
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| There was a small playground on the yard. |
Next we decided to walk to Johannes' old kindergarten.
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| Rice paddies next to houses. |
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| Found it! |
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| Fire slide was the best thing! |
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| Nothing had changed. |
Kids had gone home already for the day but the nice teachers were having a meeting and they invited us in! Johannes' old teacher had just retired the year before.
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| They found old yearbooks with J's pics! |
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See you in the morning, Kyoto!
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