7/21/07

It has been an interesting few days... earthquakes in the North and a Typhoon coming up from the South. Exciting stuff, but neither of these really affected us. We did not even know that there was an earthquake, until I read it in a post on a list I am on that evening... No one we know was affected, although many others were. The typhoon brought very heavy rain for a whole day, but no big deal really, since it missed us by 100 miles or so. Although on the East Coast of Japan that the Typhoon went up, received 400-500 mm of rain.
I bought a Canon G7 from Amazon Japan. Seems like it is what I wanted, and I will post some shots from the camera when we get home from Osaka. All is great, except the Japanese manuals, which was easily resolved by downloading from the US Canon website.
Oh yeah, we are on a small trip to see some more of Shiho's relatives. It seemed like a good idea when we left home, but the first night was horrible. Hanano did not really sleep, hence the fact that neither did any of us. Long story short, we are cutting the trip short and only staying in Osaka, instead of going further North to another aunt's house. In any case we are now all doing fine, and Hanano has more teeth.
Take Care All,
Steve and Family