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Erika in the kitchen with Ojiichan and Obaachan.08:31:45
Breakfast time.10:53:19
Potato chips in a vending machine. Not actually that interesting really.10:57:35
I asked the vending machine engineers to recommend a can coffee and they suggested this.
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Chie, Erika and Hirofumi-san on the train.11:21:16
Me and Erika looking out the front of the train.11:21:23
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On Miyajima now - I don't think Chie actually realised this deer was this close!12:29:28
Obligatory pictures with the famous umi no tori.12:30:09
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Quick picnic lunch at the aquarium.12:59:59
In the little arena waiting for the sealion show. Erika is asleep!13:10:10
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The sealion show.13:17:05
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Penguins.13:35:47
Various pictures of Erika looking at fish...13:41:44
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There's a spot with a fish tank you can get either side of, so you can take silly photos like this.13:51:28
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More pictures of Erika looking at fish.13:58:09
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...and back to the silly picture taking spot again.14:12:32
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Porpoise.14:16:09
I think this is a kind of puffer fish.14:16:21
Me stuck in a crevace.
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Back outside now, and it was low tide so we thought we'd walk across by the umi-no-tori.
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We stopped off for a quick momiji manju at this shop which had a rather nice garden out the back.
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...this is a bargain - 70 yen (46p!) per momiji manju, even if you eat in, and you get a free cup of green tea.15:20:32
...we could also see the pagoda from the garden.15:31:21
We popped in to say hello to Chie's aunt Chikako-san where she works. Apparently her colleagues pictured here have read my blog!16:11:48
On the Hiroden tram from Miyajimaguchi to go and visit Sato-chan.
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Chie, Erika, Satochan and Kohe-kun.16:55:30
Erika keeping an eye on Kohe-kun.17:04:34
Tofu doughnuts.18:06:01
Me, Erika, Sato-chan and Kohe-kun.
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Back at home, Erika and Ojiichan watching TV.19:31:05
Green tofu which we'd picked up at a tofu shop next to Takasu station.19:32:12
Ojiichan feeding Erika.19:37:00
The tofu with some soy sauce and spring onions.
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A kind of mushroom, a bit like erengi.