<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384</id><updated>2009-10-23T18:10:11.190+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Kitakami Photoblog</title><subtitle type='html'>Daily photos from Kitakami, a small town in Northern Japan, and its surroundings.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>265</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-389937287541326735</id><published>2009-04-28T06:43:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T06:46:53.522+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring - well merited.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SfYnk_LyZTI/AAAAAAAADiQ/L6ir4Png9lk/s1600-h/IMG_1888.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329490725429208370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SfYnk_LyZTI/AAAAAAAADiQ/L6ir4Png9lk/s400/IMG_1888.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Old chestnut tree.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-389937287541326735?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/389937287541326735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=389937287541326735&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/389937287541326735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/389937287541326735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/spring-well-merited.html' title='Spring - well merited.'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SfYnk_LyZTI/AAAAAAAADiQ/L6ir4Png9lk/s72-c/IMG_1888.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-2986616362667639501</id><published>2008-11-21T06:19:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T06:23:31.847+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Alienlike</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SSXVOZ0pysI/AAAAAAAADMs/rKq00mZOVbM/s1600-h/IMG_4700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270853382333647554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SSXVOZ0pysI/AAAAAAAADMs/rKq00mZOVbM/s400/IMG_4700.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Caterpillar, observed october at the Iwate coast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-2986616362667639501?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2986616362667639501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=2986616362667639501&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2986616362667639501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2986616362667639501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/alienlike.html' title='Alienlike'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SSXVOZ0pysI/AAAAAAAADMs/rKq00mZOVbM/s72-c/IMG_4700.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-8354499006582584407</id><published>2008-11-14T08:38:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-14T08:42:18.184+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Kitakami countryside</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRy7CZz_tdI/AAAAAAAADLQ/EwYq8qedHjI/s1600-h/IMG_4751.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268291314079741394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRy7CZz_tdI/AAAAAAAADLQ/EwYq8qedHjI/s400/IMG_4751.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-8354499006582584407?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8354499006582584407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=8354499006582584407&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8354499006582584407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8354499006582584407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/kitakami-countryside.html' title='Kitakami countryside'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRy7CZz_tdI/AAAAAAAADLQ/EwYq8qedHjI/s72-c/IMG_4751.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6205132238599486287</id><published>2008-11-11T06:41:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T06:55:22.394+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Other style</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRiq-HK_YxI/AAAAAAAADLI/oAenpqmPL2Q/s1600-h/IMG_4862.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267147748263551762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRiq-HK_YxI/AAAAAAAADLI/oAenpqmPL2Q/s400/IMG_4862.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6205132238599486287?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6205132238599486287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6205132238599486287&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6205132238599486287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6205132238599486287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/other-style.html' title='Other style'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SRiq-HK_YxI/AAAAAAAADLI/oAenpqmPL2Q/s72-c/IMG_4862.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-367286070178578357</id><published>2008-11-03T03:36:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T03:43:51.549+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Waiting for the show to begin.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQ3zjRGFNoI/AAAAAAAADJQ/m_XxeTl1jT8/s1600-h/IMG_4850.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264131326675859074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQ3zjRGFNoI/AAAAAAAADJQ/m_XxeTl1jT8/s400/IMG_4850.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; During the summit of environment in Kitakami.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-367286070178578357?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/367286070178578357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=367286070178578357&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/367286070178578357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/367286070178578357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/waiting-for-show-to-begin.html' title='Waiting for the show to begin.'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQ3zjRGFNoI/AAAAAAAADJQ/m_XxeTl1jT8/s72-c/IMG_4850.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-5214637733298946759</id><published>2008-11-02T07:15:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-02T07:19:52.520+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Fisherman in Rikuzentakata</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQzVhIDAzuI/AAAAAAAADJI/YzWpcVFt_dI/s1600-h/IMG_4662.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263816829561786082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQzVhIDAzuI/AAAAAAAADJI/YzWpcVFt_dI/s400/IMG_4662.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-5214637733298946759?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/5214637733298946759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=5214637733298946759&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/5214637733298946759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/5214637733298946759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/fisherman-in-rikuzentakata.html' title='Fisherman in Rikuzentakata'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQzVhIDAzuI/AAAAAAAADJI/YzWpcVFt_dI/s72-c/IMG_4662.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6829918774408451502</id><published>2008-11-01T05:31:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T05:43:04.375+09:00</updated><title type='text'>After the fight</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQtsAtNuruI/AAAAAAAADHo/bzurBymW6Jw/s1600-h/IMG_4943.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263419348905537250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQtsAtNuruI/AAAAAAAADHo/bzurBymW6Jw/s400/IMG_4943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;... with only three legs left (normally, spiders have eight).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;But bravely waiting for the next prey (who might take the remaining legs).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6829918774408451502?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6829918774408451502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6829918774408451502&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6829918774408451502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6829918774408451502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-fight.html' title='After the fight'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQtsAtNuruI/AAAAAAAADHo/bzurBymW6Jw/s72-c/IMG_4943.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-9198536041061701864</id><published>2008-10-31T06:43:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T06:58:30.600+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Ripening rice</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQorEyBEdEI/AAAAAAAADHg/VxoFsR9wE34/s1600-h/P9180153.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263066475681576002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQorEyBEdEI/AAAAAAAADHg/VxoFsR9wE34/s400/P9180153.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;... and its wonderful golden-green color all over the landscape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQoq0Ep4CMI/AAAAAAAADHY/Kxqj9zaLPRs/s1600-h/P9220212.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263066188626790594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQoq0Ep4CMI/AAAAAAAADHY/Kxqj9zaLPRs/s400/P9220212.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;See &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/year-of-rice.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;here &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;how it will be harvested.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-9198536041061701864?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9198536041061701864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=9198536041061701864&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/9198536041061701864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/9198536041061701864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/ripening-rice.html' title='Ripening rice'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQorEyBEdEI/AAAAAAAADHg/VxoFsR9wE34/s72-c/P9180153.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-4628255285600584636</id><published>2008-10-30T06:35:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-30T06:52:53.002+09:00</updated><title type='text'>More new houses</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQjXbKgcUbI/AAAAAAAADGY/xuzKP3JA9sc/s1600-h/IMG_4560.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262693026259292594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQjXbKgcUbI/AAAAAAAADGY/xuzKP3JA9sc/s400/IMG_4560.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I will never understand why they are built so very close to each other. And it's a pity that little by little, so many rice paddies in Kitakami are eaten up by those new housing areas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262695694233770994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQjZ2dfIG_I/AAAAAAAADGg/NIGqIGdKn2s/s400/IMG_4628.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-4628255285600584636?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4628255285600584636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=4628255285600584636&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/4628255285600584636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/4628255285600584636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-new-houses.html' title='More new houses'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQjXbKgcUbI/AAAAAAAADGY/xuzKP3JA9sc/s72-c/IMG_4560.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-2459860401285219020</id><published>2008-10-27T06:06:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-27T06:11:45.686+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Old mountains and new plastic houses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQTcugY0DFI/AAAAAAAADF4/S-MoEQO4Qwo/s1600-h/IMG_5057.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261572956201684050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQTcugY0DFI/AAAAAAAADF4/S-MoEQO4Qwo/s400/IMG_5057.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Close to Kitakami, Iwate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-2459860401285219020?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2459860401285219020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=2459860401285219020&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2459860401285219020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2459860401285219020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/old-mountains-and-new-plastic-houses.html' title='Old mountains and new plastic houses'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQTcugY0DFI/AAAAAAAADF4/S-MoEQO4Qwo/s72-c/IMG_5057.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-4842862559098955660</id><published>2008-10-24T03:41:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-24T05:53:37.845+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Scary!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQDFjrjDmgI/AAAAAAAADFI/JnkA_7t0hbQ/s1600-h/P9180151.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260421581544593922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQDFjrjDmgI/AAAAAAAADFI/JnkA_7t0hbQ/s400/P9180151.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Meanwhile, rice harvest is almost over in Northern Japan, but on our recent trip it just had started, so in many rice paddies, we saw scarecrows - but modern ones like these are quite rare.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260455099644352130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQDkCsMxloI/AAAAAAAADFw/0Dq4fdkhIAM/s400/P9180150.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-4842862559098955660?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/4842862559098955660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=4842862559098955660&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/4842862559098955660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/4842862559098955660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/scarecrow.html' title='Scary!'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SQDFjrjDmgI/AAAAAAAADFI/JnkA_7t0hbQ/s72-c/P9180151.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-3451048142125434957</id><published>2008-10-23T05:12:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T05:20:22.631+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Red spider lilly (Lycoris radiata)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP-KlCimQJI/AAAAAAAADFA/It6b98ZudrY/s1600-h/IMG_4897.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260075258733805714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP-KlCimQJI/AAAAAAAADFA/It6b98ZudrY/s400/IMG_4897.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;This flower, higanbana in japanese, in autumn is omnipresent in Japan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-3451048142125434957?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3451048142125434957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=3451048142125434957&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/3451048142125434957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/3451048142125434957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/red-spider-lilly-lycoris-radiata.html' title='Red spider lilly (Lycoris radiata)'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP-KlCimQJI/AAAAAAAADFA/It6b98ZudrY/s72-c/IMG_4897.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-1642516282171213772</id><published>2008-10-22T05:12:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-22T05:14:58.313+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Tatami room</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP44GUgoV6I/AAAAAAAADEI/YR5TtcfrjZY/s1600-h/IMG_4880.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259703096051259298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP44GUgoV6I/AAAAAAAADEI/YR5TtcfrjZY/s400/IMG_4880.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;... where we had the pleasure to stay during our September trip to Iwate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-1642516282171213772?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1642516282171213772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=1642516282171213772&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/1642516282171213772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/1642516282171213772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/tatami-room.html' title='Tatami room'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SP44GUgoV6I/AAAAAAAADEI/YR5TtcfrjZY/s72-c/IMG_4880.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-2959876269811254551</id><published>2008-10-20T05:31:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-23T05:21:40.625+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Army of water striders</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPuZfZNXsHI/AAAAAAAADEA/8NodtqY4dw4/s1600-h/IMG_4839.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258965754507145330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPuZfZNXsHI/AAAAAAAADEA/8NodtqY4dw4/s400/IMG_4839.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; ... in the Kitakami Poem Park.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-2959876269811254551?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2959876269811254551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=2959876269811254551&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2959876269811254551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2959876269811254551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/water-striders.html' title='Army of water striders'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPuZfZNXsHI/AAAAAAAADEA/8NodtqY4dw4/s72-c/IMG_4839.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-2204779492378643019</id><published>2008-10-18T06:05:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-20T05:42:57.362+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Susuki in the morning mist</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPj_UJ_KBxI/AAAAAAAADDo/Ckmr67avVtA/s1600-h/IMG_4746.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258233286698338066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPj_UJ_KBxI/AAAAAAAADDo/Ckmr67avVtA/s400/IMG_4746.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-2204779492378643019?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2204779492378643019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=2204779492378643019&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2204779492378643019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2204779492378643019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/susuki-in-moooorning-mist.html' title='Susuki in the morning mist'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPj_UJ_KBxI/AAAAAAAADDo/Ckmr67avVtA/s72-c/IMG_4746.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-8591231282674704115</id><published>2008-10-17T04:38:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T04:43:54.752+09:00</updated><title type='text'>More susuki grass</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPeYdgga4gI/AAAAAAAADCg/PuMRtI_ZNn0/s1600-h/IMG_4769.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257838722687885826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPeYdgga4gI/AAAAAAAADCg/PuMRtI_ZNn0/s400/IMG_4769.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-8591231282674704115?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8591231282674704115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=8591231282674704115&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8591231282674704115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8591231282674704115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-susuki-grass.html' title='More susuki grass'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPeYdgga4gI/AAAAAAAADCg/PuMRtI_ZNn0/s72-c/IMG_4769.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-2372129047928670799</id><published>2008-10-16T05:17:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T05:21:14.613+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn grass (Miscanthus sinensis)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPZQVlx_UzI/AAAAAAAADCY/m_0p463PDs4/s1600-h/P9280154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257477946850890546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPZQVlx_UzI/AAAAAAAADCY/m_0p463PDs4/s400/P9280154.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-2372129047928670799?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2372129047928670799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=2372129047928670799&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2372129047928670799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/2372129047928670799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/autumn-grass-miscanthus-sinensis.html' title='Autumn grass (Miscanthus sinensis)'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SPZQVlx_UzI/AAAAAAAADCY/m_0p463PDs4/s72-c/P9280154.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6425472258712537143</id><published>2008-09-11T05:53:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T05:58:18.263+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in Japan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SMg0xVnDpmI/AAAAAAAADCI/MFU6-Gs8GgA/s1600-h/KitakamiView3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244499788292138594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SMg0xVnDpmI/AAAAAAAADCI/MFU6-Gs8GgA/s400/KitakamiView3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;... for a three weeks holiday - Kitakami, we're coming!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6425472258712537143?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6425472258712537143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6425472258712537143&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6425472258712537143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6425472258712537143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-in-japan.html' title='Back in Japan'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/SMg0xVnDpmI/AAAAAAAADCI/MFU6-Gs8GgA/s72-c/KitakamiView3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6505101221211904725</id><published>2008-04-06T18:44:00.001+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:19.641+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Living next door to everybody</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R_ibfHMrGsI/AAAAAAAACDE/kieYvzjCXYY/s1600-h/IMG_5413.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186065929727580866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R_ibfHMrGsI/AAAAAAAACDE/kieYvzjCXYY/s400/IMG_5413.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Small house neighbourhood in Uenomachi, Kitakami.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6505101221211904725?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6505101221211904725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6505101221211904725&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6505101221211904725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6505101221211904725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/living-next-door-to-everybody.html' title='Living next door to everybody'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R_ibfHMrGsI/AAAAAAAACDE/kieYvzjCXYY/s72-c/IMG_5413.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6556951833583894520</id><published>2008-02-26T06:18:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.278+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Cooling down the rice</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8Mw2XwcjDI/AAAAAAAACAU/g3yuUAMqbTo/s1600-h/IMG_7424.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171030507799743538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8Mw2XwcjDI/AAAAAAAACAU/g3yuUAMqbTo/s400/IMG_7424.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;... for chirashi sushi (scattered sushi). It is very easy to make as doesn’t require any particular ability, and the ingredients are casually scattered and layered on top of the rice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171032681053195330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8My03wcjEI/AAAAAAAACAc/H592y9RudbU/s400/IMG_7428.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6556951833583894520?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6556951833583894520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6556951833583894520&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6556951833583894520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6556951833583894520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/cooling-down-rice.html' title='Cooling down the rice'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8Mw2XwcjDI/AAAAAAAACAU/g3yuUAMqbTo/s72-c/IMG_7424.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-8078154932711003469</id><published>2008-02-25T05:08:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.392+09:00</updated><title type='text'>kostbar ding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8HPl3wcjCI/AAAAAAAACAM/qGBzeyRvGvU/s1600-h/IMG_8303.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170642096727297058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8HPl3wcjCI/AAAAAAAACAM/qGBzeyRvGvU/s400/IMG_8303.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foreign languages are often used in Japan to make things or shops fancier, usually english and french. It's rare to see a shop with such a german name ("precious thing").&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-8078154932711003469?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8078154932711003469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=8078154932711003469&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8078154932711003469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8078154932711003469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/kostbar-ding.html' title='kostbar ding'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R8HPl3wcjCI/AAAAAAAACAM/qGBzeyRvGvU/s72-c/IMG_8303.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-1356536453412644371</id><published>2008-02-22T05:28:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.544+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Census of bus passengers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R73fYHwciyI/AAAAAAAAB9w/edZGOzuBPqs/s1600-h/IMG_7743.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169533552783297314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R73fYHwciyI/AAAAAAAAB9w/edZGOzuBPqs/s400/IMG_7743.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-1356536453412644371?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1356536453412644371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=1356536453412644371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/1356536453412644371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/1356536453412644371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/census-of-bus-passengers.html' title='Census of bus passengers'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R73fYHwciyI/AAAAAAAAB9w/edZGOzuBPqs/s72-c/IMG_7743.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-8400666117538949090</id><published>2008-02-15T06:16:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.680+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Sand graphics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7Sv9XwcixI/AAAAAAAAB9o/xAIKgGkLcSc/s1600-h/P6170038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166948141384895250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7Sv9XwcixI/AAAAAAAAB9o/xAIKgGkLcSc/s400/P6170038.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;At the beach of Rikuzentakata.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-8400666117538949090?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8400666117538949090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=8400666117538949090&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8400666117538949090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8400666117538949090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/sand-graphics.html' title='Sand graphics'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7Sv9XwcixI/AAAAAAAAB9o/xAIKgGkLcSc/s72-c/P6170038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-6221576819741371027</id><published>2008-02-14T05:49:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.819+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Strange little car</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7NYz3wcivI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/9SFufxzBGQg/s1600-h/IMG_4218.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166570845687810802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7NYz3wcivI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/9SFufxzBGQg/s400/IMG_4218.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-6221576819741371027?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6221576819741371027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=6221576819741371027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6221576819741371027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/6221576819741371027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/strange-little-car.html' title='Strange little car'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7NYz3wcivI/AAAAAAAAB9Y/9SFufxzBGQg/s72-c/IMG_4218.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26789384.post-8340657136093346774</id><published>2008-02-12T06:38:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T10:27:20.965+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Cosy old onsen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7DAYXwciuI/AAAAAAAAB9M/gzHLlPqAsl0/s1600-h/IMG_6617.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165840297520564962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7DAYXwciuI/AAAAAAAAB9M/gzHLlPqAsl0/s400/IMG_6617.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.namari-onsen.co.jp/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Namari onsen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;, a famous hot spring in Hanamaki.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26789384-8340657136093346774?l=kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8340657136093346774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26789384&amp;postID=8340657136093346774&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8340657136093346774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26789384/posts/default/8340657136093346774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kitakami-photoblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/cosy-old-onsen.html' title='Cosy old onsen'/><author><name>Julia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15893276237508594211</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='06452057866460495404'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3wMlax703Vg/R7DAYXwciuI/AAAAAAAAB9M/gzHLlPqAsl0/s72-c/IMG_6617.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry></feed>