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November 6, 2007 at 2:40 pm | In japan, odds n' ends |

A present from a student’s grandmother.It’s a kind of indoor coat/robe worn in the winter. I’ve never met her grandmother, but she MADE this for me.MADE!WOW!Thank you Nagi’s grandmother!!! It’s truly one of the most amazing presents I have ever received from a student. I hope I can thank her in person someday.

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[...] coat-like robe thing I got from Nagimama’s mama. It’s like the Maestro’s. This keeps the top part of me warm while the rest of me toasts nicely under a kotatsu. [...]

Pingback by Hot water, hot water, old woman « — November 23, 2007 #
nagi has a kind of this robe(we call it HANTEN) too.
Small pink rabbit printed one. off cause her favorite.
(ha-ha-ha! I imagined you are wearing pink rabbit Hanten!)
You know, we have more bigger one in my grand-ma’s house.
Actually we put it under KAKE-FUTON.
The shape is really like same and longer.
But it’s little bit heavy…..I sometimes have nightmare…..

Comment by nagimama — November 29, 2007 #
HANTEN! That’s what it’s called! Thank you nagimama and Ayako! Umm…漢字は…?

Comment by E.W. Spider — November 29, 2007 #
hantenはね、半纏or袢纏. It’s so so difficult 漢字。I can’t write,even read. haha-.

Comment by nagimama — December 3, 2007 #
Thank you! I couldn’t remember what it was called! “纏” is so difficult to even see, there are so many strokes. It must be very tough to write

Comment by peekabookazoo — December 4, 2007 #
A complete stranger gave me one of these when I lived in Japan. I started up a conversation with her on the way home one night and I complimented her on how beautiful her “coat” was. When she got off the train, she gave it to me. Ahhhh one of those beautiful Japanese guestures!

Comment by Laura — March 12, 2008 #
Wow….I think the closest to that I’ve ever come (and maybe a bit strange) was sitting outside a building and a person came up to me eating Hagen Daaz, and asked me if I wanted some of his ice cream!

Is this Laura from Brazil? You lived in Japan? Where were you living?

Comment by peekabookazoo — March 13, 2008 #
Hehe some things you just don’t share with strangers hu?! Yes, I’m the one who called you about the C.D. I’m actually from Australia but I’ve been living in Brazil for 2 years. My class loved your songs by the way! I lived in Japan when I was 15 as an exchange student. I was in a small city called Iida in Nagano ken. I loved it and have been dreaming about going back ever since.

Comment by Laura — March 15, 2008 #