tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18717861.post5299078402512137004..comments2024-01-24T03:03:13.678+09:00Comments on expiring: 高尾山selenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282410196704062270noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18717861.post-17806565740211713502010-07-09T01:21:38.007+09:002010-07-09T01:21:38.007+09:00Don - would love to hear your recommendations sinc...Don - would love to hear your recommendations since we seem have some common interests. Mitake is nice, too. Went there for koyo a few years back.selenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282410196704062270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18717861.post-41287966470353471212010-07-09T01:20:46.524+09:002010-07-09T01:20:46.524+09:00Ben - I like your wife's story! I have heard s...Ben - I like your wife's story! I have heard some ghost stories from friends and family, but none involving tengu I don't think.<br /><br />But you Aussies have kangaroos! And surely the aboriginies have some good myths. The dreamtime and all that.selenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282410196704062270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18717861.post-47579460740925052212010-07-08T20:12:25.754+09:002010-07-08T20:12:25.754+09:00A very nice hike! I really liked that cat cafe yo...A very nice hike! I really liked that cat cafe you blogged about earlier too (I'd actually been to the same one). Hmm guess I gotta try out the other places you visit too, seems we've got similar taste.AAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900026562314507453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18717861.post-75393898000559887522010-07-06T18:40:35.824+09:002010-07-06T18:40:35.824+09:00My wife has a favourite story about when she was a...My wife has a favourite story about when she was a child... she was riding home on her push-bike, and then she became aware of this sound above her... "Aka... Aka.... Aka...." It followed her all the way home... and she swears it was a Tengu... (and no... my wife doesn't swear like a sailor normally).<br /><br />Now, I most probably shouldn't mention that she's also seen Santa Claus.... hehehe... Anyway, my point was going to be that for all their sophistication, the Japanese love a folk tale (and a good ghost story).<br /><br />In Sapporo - or more specifically Otaru - there's Tengu-yama... home - you guessed it - of the Tengu... I have to admit, Adelaide Australia feels very boring in comparison. We just have hum-drum "bodies-in-the-barrel" mass murders to keep us awake at night.AdelaideBenhttp://www.japaneseties.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com