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Hagi & Kochi '80 Nishizawa graves at Aki, Kochi prefecture.
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In 1980, my father was assigned to be ambassador to Nepal. Before his departure, he came back to Japan for a while, and the family traveled to Hagi, where Kenzo lived and to Kochi, where the family grave was.
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_ds191003175747.jpg Hagi, in front of Kenzo's house, with grandpa Kensuke.  |
_ds191003180117.jpg It was by a river. Many crabs used to crawl into the house.  |
_ds191003180212.jpg Shoka Sonjuku was a school established in Edo periold. Led by Yoshida Shoin, the school is known to educate many future scholars, polititians, businessmen, etc., who were active during the Meiji Restoration and the establishment of the goverment.  |
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_ds191003180625.jpg With grandma Nobu.  |
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_ds191004161623.jpg Walls in Hagi are old and eye-catching.  |
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_ds191004161826.jpg Daishoin Temple.  |
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Visiting the family grave. There are two family graves, one in Aki City and one in Kochi City, where the direct lineage family members are buried.
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_ds191004164312.jpg Ancestrial graves at Aki.  |
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_ds191004164709.jpg Cousin Yukako with her daughter Chisato.  |
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_ds191004164804.jpg When the city cleared the old unmaintained cemetary, they gathered the unknown people's graves to make a memorial.  |
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_ds191004163703.jpg Nishizawa family grave at Godaisan, Kochi. My father and his siblings have erected a new family grave, where the ancesters are engraved and in the future, they expect to be buried.  |
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_ds191004160828.jpg We stayed at Honjin Hotel, where my father's cousin Joji-san was the owner.  |
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_ds191004161015.jpg Uncle Akira with grandniece Chisato.  |
_ds191004161108.jpg With Joji-san.  |
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_ds191004165407.jpg Light house at Cape Ashizuri-misaki.  |
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_ds191004165738.jpg We were not expecting snow in Kochi in early December.  |
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_ds191004170019.jpg Minokoshi and Tatsukushi, known for their unusual rock formation, are popular tourist sites.  |
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After Kochi, we stopped by Ibaraki at aunt Toshiko's house, and pounded mochi for the new year.
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_ds191004172019.jpg Uncle Hideo and his son Takuji steaming mochi rice.  |
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_ds191004172357.jpg My parents lend a hand.  |