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  • Lookin’ good at the beach with my bijin friends
    August 22nd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hey, how’s your summer going? Up here in Akita where I live, we are having an unseasonably cool summer…Not that I’m complaining mind you, but it does cut back on my days at the beach! And I love the beach!  Akita has some really nice sandy beaches along the central and » Continue Reading
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  • Singing in The Rain
    July 24th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hi everyone! It’s me, Akie, a very wet and soggy Akita Bijin, up here in a very wet and soggy Akita prefecture. As you know, the rainy season is probably over or nearly so in most parts of the country but not up here in Akita. We are right ’smack dab’ in the middle of » Continue Reading
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  • Marie-chan
    July 12th, 2009By Lieske Leynen
    Growing up The Aristocats was one of my favorite movies.  I loved the singing cats and the scheming butler.  But above all else I loved the idea that when I wasn’t looking cats got together and held trippy jazz parties in which they played musical instruments and sang about how » Continue Reading
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  • Fuki leaf and…The Garden of Eden?
    June 22nd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hi, Gang!  It’s me again.  Do you like my new outfit?  It was very inexpensive to make.  You can pick one up from your local fuki farmer. Just kidding of course!  I’m hiding behind a gigantic fuki leaf.  There is an old folk song here in Akita that says, “In my » Continue Reading
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  • Frogs, Mud and Rice Planting
    June 3rd, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Konnichi wa from Akita! It’s me your Akita Bijin, Akie, up-here in one of the best rice producing prefectures in all of Japan! So, no need for me to be telling you what time of year this is for us in good ole Akita…’Yep!  You guessed it!’  Its rice-planting season, so » Continue Reading
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  • Meeting a REAL Akita Bijin
    May 13th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hey, Everyone! Did you have a great Golden Week? I sure did and the weather here in Akita was just gorgeous! And speaking of gorgeous, I want you to meet a Real-Live Akita Bijin in this blog entry! Now, you guys all know that I am not a real person, don’t you?  You know, I am just » Continue Reading
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  • Snowing Cherry Blossoms
    May 1st, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hello everyone!!!  Spring has sprung now that the Cherry Blossoms have come into full bloom, making Akita all the more beautiful than it already is. I mean, I really LOVE this time of the year because there is this wonderful thing called hanami, a gathering of friends for some really good times. And best of » Continue Reading
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  • Spring Has Sprung in Akita
    April 15th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    Hello everyone!  It’s me, Akie. Sure hope you are all feeling great, very genki. You know, spring is here, and there is nowhere else in the whole world I’d rather want to be than here in Akita.  Wow, I can’t believe when we first met I was  still all wrapped up in my warm winter clothes…Actually » Continue Reading
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  • Dinner time at the Onsen
    April 10th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
    AE – You know, after a long dip in an onsen I’m usually really famished… AK – I hear you.  A hot onsen not only takes your stresses away, leaves your skin silky smooth, but also leaves you starving. AE – Hey, don’t interrupt me when I’m talking during my blog time. » Continue Reading
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  • Duck-like sitting ducks!
    April 4th, 2009By Malcolm Ernst
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