http://family.bhoid.com Some of the comings and goings of... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:38:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We began packing in late April 2008 - and then finaly unpacking in September 2008, around six months later, many kilometres and flying later. Moving from latitude 37° N to latitude 37° S was a bigger task than first envisioned. Not only did it take nearly a year and a ... http://family.bhoid.com/2009/05/01/moving-north-to-south We had the first decent snow in Tokyo for a few years - actually since the day that Emma was born. It was the type that just stuck around and we were able to have a bit of fun with it. So what do you do? Build a Snowman of ... http://family.bhoid.com/2008/02/03/our-snowman http://family.bhoid.com/2007/12/30/happy-new-year A few weeks back the family took a short trip out of the Japan - the first in over three years - we made it to the Micronesian Island of Guam, and since WWII a stronghold of the US military. It was good to get away for a few days away ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/09/30/to-guam-and-back We all went away for a two night break - in the midst of the sweltering summer - to enjoy the great outdoors at the foothills of Fuji-san. It was the first move into an outdoor adventure for both Rina and Emma. They enjoyed the tent and the idea of being ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/08/18/camping-near-fuji It's become uncanny how much Rina and Emma are alike - they have many of the same mannerisms, they feed off each others excitability and they look very similar. While they are doing things every day the pair of them seem to go through a mix of up and down - ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/05/27/more-and-more-alike Apparently there are some celebrity look-a-likes out there acting as imposters and posing as us. They look like this: And this: And finally this great mix up of imposters: This last one is quite interesting in that over half of the celebrity imposters are female. Maybe it is the feminine side shining ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/05/08/celebrity-look-alikes The other day we took a drive to Chichibu a nearly two hour drive from home. It was described somewhere as: Chichibu is a small Japanese city located in the beautiful mountainous area 70 km Northwest of Tokyo. The goal was to go there, pick and also eat some strawberries. Then make ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/02/17/picking-strawberries Emma celebrated her 1st birthday las Sunday with a trip to a shrine. We went to Okuni Tama jinja just a short bicycle ride down to Fuchu. Though unfortunately for Emma she wasn't feeling the best and just slowly walked about. She had a little bump on her head which ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/01/23/1st-birthday It was a quick trip down to the Izu peninsula again for the New Year this year. The family managed to enjoy a few mild days away from the big city and relax in the surrounds of Ito City. Rina commented on arriving back in Tokyo that she wanted to stay ... http://family.bhoid.com/2007/01/12/new-year-2007