It was the last official day of summer vacation yesterday, so my Mom and Dad decided to make it special: We went to Miyama in Kyoto. This is one of my favorite places because I get to run free in a nice cool river. It has been about 40 degrees C (104F) lately, which makes …
Mom and dad took me to a place called Miyama in Kyoto prefecture.It is a famous place, often called “Kayabuki no Sato” (Village of the Thatch-roofed Houses). It seems that many tourists come to the place where traditional houses with thatched roofs are lined up. I wasn’t really interested in going where a bunch of …
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I have some experience with the water, but last week was my first experience with a kayak. We took a weekend trip to Kushimoto in Wakayama prefecture. In Kushimoto, there is a river called Kozagawa where right by the station there is a place that will rent you (a person) a kayak, supply you with …
I have a complicated relationship with car rides, but recently my Mom and Dad brought a new car into the family. It is black, like me, so I had an immediate liking to it. I had been in it a few times before, but this time we were going on what my Dad called a …
After the harvest, I like to run around the rice fields. But just before summer, the farmers flood the the fields in preparation for the new year’s crop. Though I want to, Dad won’t let me run on the fields when they are wet (though I did once when I was a puppy, and I …
Lately, I have been thinking about lines. There are so many lines in my life. They are interesting. Some lines, I like to rest on. Some lines I am not supposed to cross, even though sometimes I cross them. Some lines keep me safe and connected to the people I love. Some lines are meant …
So there I was, playing around in the mud, having a good time. The next morning, when I woke up, Dad said, “Hey, your nose is swollen!” Huh? I didn’t feel swollen, but my Mom also got a little worried, so they decided to take me to the vet. I like my doctor and the …
Spring is here! Spring is here! I love the smell of spring. I love the smells. I love the dirt. In the winter, the soil is hard and doesn’t smell so fun, but in the spring, it is soft, bursting with life and full of smells. I see Mom and Dad in the garden playing …
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Last week, we were walking down the street and I poked my nose into an open doorway of an old Japanese house. Inside was a guy trying to fix things up. Mom started talking to him and he started petting me, so I knew he was nice. He is fixing up a 200 year old …
When I was a puppy, I often went on trips in the car. But they never went so well. Even in just 20 minutes, I would start drooling all over the place and my tummy started to feel weird, and then I would often throw up. But I was a puppy then. Now I am …