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Mihara Photos |
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Teacher housing. Not bad for an ALT living alone. With a family, things might be tight. Kitchen, living, bedroom, bath, and seperate toilet. I only use about 2/3s. A sturdy little home, but it lacks insulation and tends to be a bit damp. However, my abode is rent-free so I can't complain. |
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The vertical sign says "There is shopping in the village." Technically this is true... there are places to engage in the buying and selling of goods. Wonderful for getting your farm tools sharpened. |
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Dryers are expensive and an extra thing to eat into your budget. Hanging laundry outside is quaint in the warm summers, but drying clothes proves a challenge in the damp winters. |
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Mihara Village consists of a collection of hamlets found down on valley floors. The big economic forces are agriculture (rice) and lumber. |
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More sterotypically "Japanese" things can be found, they are just a little further removed. |
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Besides being devotionally Shinto in nature, I have no idea what this is to enshrine. The three bays hold, essentially, rocks. To reach this I had to pass a refuse dump for glass and bottles, climb a dry wash and stumble up a remarkably well worn path. From wandering around the area, actually looking for remnants of the 88 temple pilgrimage route, I guess that the now overgrown hillside was once rice or vegetable terraces. |
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