Aomori really is just full of amazing surprises burried among it's blue forests.
Jamie | Homepage | 05.17.05 - 8:14 am | #

that is the funniest thing you have ever written. now, how about a picture of your bike, lukey? I like pictures of bikes.
Joss | 05.17.05 - 9:27 am | #

This is really interesting blog,Lu!!
Keep looking an interesting things!!!
^o^
AKI | Homepage | 05.17.05 - 9:37 am | #

Yes, that WAS very funny. I guess it's still too cold for the buna trees to be tinkling yet
Luke Elliot | Homepage | 05.17.05 - 10:41 pm | #

now that is unique
is it japan or just the weird bakwoods
the photo of you stethaskoping the tree kould win an oskar
take kare
ali | 05.18.05 - 1:42 am | #

Many surprises, that's right. But only in Japan do they come in the form of stethoscopes. My bike isn't too fancy, Joss, but I'll see if I can post one of it soon.

Luke, is there something I'm missing about the seasonal behaviour of Buna trees? You must have so much more tree knowledge than your average JET with those forest hikes of yours

Next time I'll take one of those long white doctors coats into the woods with me. I'm sure I could borrow one from an English teacher at school
Luke (biffa) | Homepage | 05.18.05 - 4:54 am | #

hey luke. i went to mini shirakami back in october with the ichi-nenseis and tried the stethoscope, too. apparently, in the fall, you can actually hear the sap running through the trunk. i heard it and was pleasantly surprised
Dee | 05.18.05 - 1:05 pm | #

Maybe fall is the season to go then. Not sure if I fancy using a stethoscope after it's been wedged in the ears of 150 fifteen year olds though.
Luke (biffa) | Homepage | 05.18.05 - 6:32 pm | #

Get used to the tree thing. Japanese greenies take tree-hugging literaly.
John Elliot | 05.21.05 - 9:21 am | #