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Comment on In which I address the death of my father by Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:58:03 +0000

Thank you for the kind words. I hope your family situation works out and, if you have to, you make sure the kids have someone on their side – parenting is a skill and an honour, not a right and bad ones don't deserve their dignity at the expense of the children.

Comment on In which I address the death of my father by amgamble

amgamble — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:38:03 +0000

I'm so sorry this is the support you got from your parents. As I watch a situation unroll among some relatives, I wonder if the key in both places is that the father couldn't confront the mother--whether or not he cared, he couldn't do the hard thing, he couldn't make a scene.

And he did have a negative consequence: he didn't get to have you in his life.

~Peace~~

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:20:29 +0000

I'm not sure if we are actuallythinking of the same stores, though there is a map in the post lol. The photo of the Union Commerce shop is ALL there is to the sjop – it's about 4 square metres of space!
If Tsubaya is the shop I mentioned across the road from Union, then thankyou for the name, but I think we must be talking about different shops because the shop across the road from Union looked, from the street, to be much bigger than Union…

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Cyril

Cyril — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:41:31 +0000

I would add that in front of Union commerce on the other side of the street there is ??? Tsubaya, another knife shop.
At each of my travel in Japan, I get my knife from Tsubaya.
I find Union a little too big and commercial.

Comment on How did you learn about beginnings, middles and ends? by uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:37:45 +0000

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Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:24:51 +0000

Mine were going in and out of their boxes till about a month ago when my block finally arrived. I ordered a magnetic one online but it ended up going to Canada first and got stuck in customs for two weeks! It work beautifully for my Mac knives but def does not fit 10 knives (unless they mean 10 pairing knives)! http://www.cutleryandmore.com/details.asp?SKU=1...

back in their boxes in a few weeks, though, for the trip back to Sydney…

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Shane

Shane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:12:11 +0000

I think of you every time I pull out my Kasumi's – love 'em to bits but they are still in their protective “velvet” storage boxes as I haven't found the right knife block yet. My knifes will be a “souvenir” that I will enjoy for years to come and I have zero regrets about the expense and great memories of our girls weekend!

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Danisidhe

Danisidhe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:51 +0000

back in their boxes in a few weeks, though, for the trip back to Sydney…

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Shane

Shane — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:12:11 +0000

Comment on Wisdom from the Ghibli Museum by Mike

Mike — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:25:52 +0000

I've been to the Ghibli museum 3 times now. It's fantastic ^^ – especially when they had a guest exhibition from Pixar! You have to book tickets in advance though, and you aren't allowed to take photos inside the museum. You either have to buy a book, or take away only memories, as the museum philosophy says.

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:08:11 +0000

Oh thank you! I guess I was being taught something which would work but was in keeping with where we were in our lessons! Or I just remembered it wrong. I’ll fix it straight away!

And thank you also for the compliments I hope your friends get some use from the blog!

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by Kats Konishi

Kats Konishi — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:39:44 +0000

Great article! I’m often in the Kappabashi area, but I don’t really know much about knives so your article was very informative. I’ll use the info next time I take my friends visiting Japan from overseas and I’ll direct them to your site before they arrive in Japan.

One comment/correction (I hope I’m not being a jerk) on the “Handy Japanese Phrases” section. “Mite o kudasai” might be understood, but it actually means something like “Please look at this” (technically the grammar is a bit off as well) instead of “Please show me.” “Please show me” would be “Misete kudasai” (no ‘o’ necessary). ['Mite' is 'Look", while 'Misete' is 'Show me'] Hope that helps.

Comment on Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan by hp88 (twitter)

hp88 (twitter) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:16:35 +0000

This is a great and informative article, thank you, one to bookmark! There is also one of the established Kappabashi family businesses that has a shop in Hiro-o that sells knives if you don’t want to go all the way to Kappabashi. It is in one of the side streets near the organic shop (sorry can’t be more specific!).

Comment on There, I’ve said it. by Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:08:31 +0000

Thanks Ken, it is true, the beaches are great! I will do my best to blog about Sydney, perhaps I can help some people moving to Australia, but I can’t imagine they’d be moving so far south, without going either rural or on to Melbourne, that I’d have much useful to say! I will have to do a post on it but I’m pretty sure the blog will shift its focus to writing (as I’ll be submitting again in the first half of the year, I hope) and photography – lots of coastline pics I’m sure!

Comment on There, I’ve said it. by k

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:21:47 +0000

hmm… it’s kinda sad to hear that you’re leaving Japan, but Sydney is also a pretty nice city to live in (although you’re a little far south). I lived in Sydney for 5 years. It wouldn’t be fair comparing Japan, Nagoya in your case, to Sydney, but I’m sure you’ll settle in soon enough and start blogging about your adventures in Sydney! In fact, I’m looking forward to it!

I do miss the beaches though. Nothing in Japan compares to the beaches in Sydney.