We combined shopping at outlet mall with hiking on rocky mountain in Gifu.
Fall Extended Weekend
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Nov 282017
Haga
2017 Thanksgiving
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Nov 282017
River in Gifu
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Nov 082017
These are pics from a trip to a local river. We went there in September, about a month ago. Later today will post the full Fall update.
Akiva 12 years old
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Feb 112017
Akiva became 12 years old.
We cerebrated his birthday eating our family party food, sushi hand roll.
Akiva had a birthday party at trampoline place.
Akiva now in middle school has been very active.
He is a member of school soccer team.
He is a defender, plays center-back.
He is a member of basketball too.
Although he often complains how less time he gets to play ipad, he is healthy and strong and doing well in the second year of living Japan.
The various happenings of Fall
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Dec 052016
We have not updated the record of late. Apologies to all.
Here is the news for the Covners in Japan, in Fall of 2016.
First of all, two happy birthdays!
And… a celebration of magical spirit gourds. !
We are thankful for being healthy. Living in a good place. The love of our family. The beautiful Earth God has provided for us.
Kenaz had an art exhibit at his after-school community art club.
Akiva and Kenaz in sports team
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Oct 302016
Craving Hamburger
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Oct 172016
We went to watch an opening game of Nagoya dolphin diamonds basketball team.
We wanted to eat hamburgers for dinner. We went to handsomburger which has a good reputation in Fushimi. However, they closed at 3:00 on Saturday.
The owner recommended to other burger place a beer pub BRICK LANE in walking distance. We liked their burger (and beer).
We started to look for burger restaurants close our home.
Brother 69 is a long bicycle distance from our house. Maybe not burger, hopefully Jesse can find some food to write a review….
Utsumi Beach in Aichi
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Oct 172016
Our favorite beach in Aichi is Utsumi beach!
It is fun to go in summer.
It is even fun to go in Fall.
At the end of beach trip, we always stop by Costco.
September-Birthday Month
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Oct 172016
Kenaz had a fun birthday party with his friends.
Jesse made a Kenaz’s favorite brownie. 
Kenaz was so happy. He couldn’t stop jumping!
and my birthday…
My birthday night, Typhoon Malakas arrived with strong, winds, rains, and risk of flooding. We had alert to prepare for the evacuation.
Late night rain stopped. We went to the closest river. The water level was very hight.
Summer – BBQ, Projects and etc
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Aug 102016
I had a translation job for International Baccalaureate program workshop in Tokyo. During the 5 days, kids went to a space science center by 10 minutes walking from my parents house. The science museum offered different projects every day.
They experimented a law of the pendulum,
created a pathfinder by recycle materials,
made super bouncy balls, and others…
We did BBQ several times. Yokohama Costco is not far from my parents house. We did hamburger, seafood, and Korean style. Kenaz had to make giant s’mores every BBQ.
Shi-chan and Naho-chan got older. They had school and other school related commitments. Akiva and Kenaz couldn’t hang around with their cousins as much as they wanted.
We went to see Kabuki for kids in Tokyo Art Theater.
We did a little Tokyo tour around the theater.
There are so many bugs in Japanese summer. Akiva and Kenaz always get into Japanese rhinoceros beetle. They woke up 3 am to catch beetles in camphor forest. They caught so many different cicadas. They can sneak up cicada on the tree trump and use their two fingers to catch it without a net.
We went to see my grandma, 98 years old. She remembered vividly the time she visited us in Shanghai when she was 86 years old.
While kids went to a local public school for one month. My mum and I manage to have some fun. 3 years after her back operation, she is doing great. She was even nominated to compete a game for air blowgun which she started for her rehabilitation.
