Very interesting ..........bobford
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--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Additional Rice Information
To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 2:26 PM
On Nov 4, 2008, at 2:05 PM, bob ford wrote:
> I assume you were there in the late 50's to
early/mid sixties, did > you visit Mt. Fuji?. That seems to be my memory of
what relatives > did in japan (that they could talk about) ....bobford
I was at Camp Zama, Japan from April 1955 to September
1957. Each weekday morning we fell into reveille formation in the
street in front of the barracks. Over one's right shoulder was a
lovely, unobstructed view of Mount Fuji. I always planned to climb. I never did.
Yet another example of the mistake of thinking there is always
plenty of time.
Memories? Many. I like the Japanese people very much. Very
respectful. My most memorable trip was to Osaka, Nara, Kamakura. Never
will forget climbing up inside the Great Bhudda and looking out one of
the eyes. The Kinkakugi--Golden Pavilion. A warlord's sleeping
house with surrounding "nightingale floor," on which no one
could walk without causing the floor boards to chirp, a design to wake the
warlord's bodyguard who sat at his bedroom door, his sword at the
ready.
Good memories.
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