Comments on: So. Japan. (aka settle in, this is a long post) http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:02:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth McClung http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Elizabeth McClung Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:15:34 +0000 http://knit.pransell.com/?p=408#comment-391 Ack, lost comment. Great picture of the temple lanterns, which I find both mysterious, solitary and yet...ever lasting. They seem so fragile and yet are ever present. Thanks for the links. We came to Kyoto at the end of the trip and so for us, Kyoto was the ancient and shopping Edo and Meiji period shops and Tokyo was modern (and we drank drinks with gold in them - did you - it seems very popular as gold flakes are believed good for health). I am glad that quilters can find fabric in....where IS Fabric Road? My view was lower down (wheelchair) and for Kyoto, the subway is wheelchair accessible, the buses, not so much, so I had a different view (lots of tiled hallways) - did you not find Cafe Benet from New Orleans in the Kyoto main train station a bit....surreal? I didn't even know they had a francise, but in Kyoto? Thanks for the pictures, links and memories. And I would love to go to Japan. Ack, lost comment. Great picture of the temple lanterns, which I find both mysterious, solitary and yet…ever lasting. They seem so fragile and yet are ever present. Thanks for the links. We came to Kyoto at the end of the trip and so for us, Kyoto was the ancient and shopping Edo and Meiji period shops and Tokyo was modern (and we drank drinks with gold in them – did you – it seems very popular as gold flakes are believed good for health).

I am glad that quilters can find fabric in….where IS Fabric Road?

My view was lower down (wheelchair) and for Kyoto, the subway is wheelchair accessible, the buses, not so much, so I had a different view (lots of tiled hallways) – did you not find Cafe Benet from New Orleans in the Kyoto main train station a bit….surreal? I didn’t even know they had a francise, but in Kyoto?

Thanks for the pictures, links and memories. And I would love to go to Japan.

]]> By: bells http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-379 bells Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:51:10 +0000 http://knit.pransell.com/?p=408#comment-379 beautiful post Emma. Great to get a practical overview and a sense of what you most enjoyed there. I think it'd be a fascinating place to visit. I studied japanese but have forgotten most of it. Good to know I could still get around without it! beautiful post Emma. Great to get a practical overview and a sense of what you most enjoyed there. I think it’d be a fascinating place to visit. I studied japanese but have forgotten most of it. Good to know I could still get around without it!

]]> By: Lynne http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Lynne Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:19:15 +0000 http://knit.pransell.com/?p=408#comment-378 Oh wow! Thank you so much for the tips and the photos and everything. I really would love to visit Japan one day - I was even learning Japanese a few years ago (the plan being to live there for a year and teach English - I'm a qualified ESL teacher) but my plans have been waylaid by our only child (DD) getting married and having a baby within 13 months! Wherever we travel we just love to wander around and get to know the place so your tip to do that in Tokyo sits well with the kind of people we are! I love that you brought back fabric because I have developed a sudden passion for quilting (yet to be tried although the second step was taken today; the first was taken on Thursday at the Sydney Craft Expo - this is on my blog and the second step will be soon). While at the Craft Expo I fondled Noro Kureyon and Silk Garden yet again (just to be sure) and am still not impressed with the un-softness of the yarns! (am I a heretic?) I could go on but I'll finish with another big thank you - you have inspired me to go for my dream! Oh wow! Thank you so much for the tips and the photos and everything. I really would love to visit Japan one day – I was even learning Japanese a few years ago (the plan being to live there for a year and teach English – I’m a qualified ESL teacher) but my plans have been waylaid by our only child (DD) getting married and having a baby within 13 months!

Wherever we travel we just love to wander around and get to know the place so your tip to do that in Tokyo sits well with the kind of people we are!

I love that you brought back fabric because I have developed a sudden passion for quilting (yet to be tried although the second step was taken today; the first was taken on Thursday at the Sydney Craft Expo – this is on my blog and the second step will be soon). While at the Craft Expo I fondled Noro Kureyon and Silk Garden yet again (just to be sure) and am still not impressed with the un-softness of the yarns! (am I a heretic?)

I could go on but I’ll finish with another big thank you – you have inspired me to go for my dream!

]]> By: Twitchy fingers http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Twitchy fingers Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:11:22 +0000 http://knit.pransell.com/?p=408#comment-377 Sounds fab - and some lovely fabric scores there! Sounds fab – and some lovely fabric scores there!

]]> By: Michelle http://knit.pransell.com/2010/03/so-japan-aka-settle-in-this-is-a-long-post/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Michelle Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:52:30 +0000 http://knit.pransell.com/?p=408#comment-376 Wow. This is going to be very helpful - thank you! (beautiful photos too) Wow. This is going to be very helpful – thank you!

(beautiful photos too)

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