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Japan 2010 – Day 10 part 2

December 4, 2010 Japan
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11/11/2010 (Thur) ->Shiratani Unsuikyo (Princess Mononoke forest!) -> Miyanoura ferry port -> Kagoshima station -> Arao, Kumamoto (my hometown!) The view from Taiko-iwa was so unbelievable that it was very hard for us to leave. But we had a ferry to catch! So we started heading down. When we got down to Tsuji-touge, I looked around for another very important spot we had to visit, [...]

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Ghibli feast #2: Princess Mononoke

May 13, 2010 bento
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After our “Ghibli feast #1: Porco Rosso,” we moved onto a more serious if not the most serious Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke. Day 1 of Ghibli feast (Saturday night) Ghibli feast #2: Princess Mononoke Our second Ghibli feast was Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke is very different from any other Miyazaki film. Some scenes are very graphic and violent.  The main characters, San and Ashitaka, aren’t [...]

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non-bento #16: Kaonashi and kodama onigiri

July 16, 2009 bento
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My boyfriend and I are on the road again! We’ve been trying to empty the fridge, so I’ve been making regular bento. But I still wanted to make a kyaraben-ish thing, so I decided to make breakfast. Non-bento #16: Kaonashi and Kodama onigiri (rice ball) Created and eaten on: 7/15/2009

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bento #6: Kaonashi

November 20, 2008 bento
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After my sad attempt at making a Nekobus bento, I was looking for something very easy & foolproof to make. I was going through images of characters from Ghibli films, and came across the picture of a tall black figure with black eyes and mouth on a white mask called Kaonashi (“No Face” in English version) from Spirited Away. Bento# 6: Kaonashi, Kodama and Makkurokurosuke bento [...]

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