Japan : 浜離宮恩賜庭園 (Hamarikyu Gardens)

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After going to the fish market we went to 浜離宮恩賜庭園. There is a 301 year-old pin tree there. That makes people laugh when I precised 301 instead of 300 but that's still true. We walked around and climbed the little hills, (nothing as difficult as Wayna Pichu) and me and Erick went to the tea house to have traditional Japanese tea with a pastry. They gave us the rules of how to drink the tea, that was interesting.

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The 301 year-old tree.

Japan : Fish market

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Last Saturday morning we got up a 5am to go to the fish market. I really awake suddenly, I was a bit lost for a while when I realize that the time to go was past and dressed up in a hurry. Hopefully I managed to get there as the others were waiting for me. This market is really huge and you can find all sort of fishes and seashells there. At the end we went to the restaurant to eat some really fresh sushi and a soup. おいしい!!
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Amigurumi : 초고마로 (chocomaro)

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초고마로 is the brown version of 마시 마로. One of the reader asked me a while ago for the pattern to make a 마 시 마로 but I didn't remember how to do it. I made two already one for me and one for my friend but they were different. So I tried to make an other one to get the pattern and I ended up with this version of 초고마.

 Body and headMake an amigurumi ring.
1) 5 sc in the ring.
2) 2 sc in each sc around : 10 sc
3) (1 sc in the next sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 5 times : 15 sc
4) (1 sc in the next 2 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 5 times : 20 sc
5) (1 sc in the next 3 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 5 times : 25 sc
6-10) 25 sc  
11) (1 sc in the next 4 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 5 times : 30 sc
12) (1sc in the next 5 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 5 times : 35 sc
13-18) 35 sc
19) (1sc in the next 5 sc, decrease once) 5 times : 30 sc
20) (1 sc in the next 4 sc, decrease once) 5times : 25 sc
21) (1 sc in the next 3 sc, decrease once) 5times : 20 sc

Fill up with stuffing
22) (1 sc in the next 2 sc, decrease once) 5times : 15 sc
23) (1 sc in the next sc, decrease once) 5times : 10 sc.
Sew to close.

Arms (make two)Make an amigurumi ring.
1) 4 sc in the ring.
2) 2 sc in each sc around : 8 sc3) (1 sc in the next 3 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) twice : 10 sc
4-10) 10 sc
Finish off

Legs (make two)Make an amigurumi ring.
1) 4 sc in the ring.
2) 2 sc in each sc around : 8 sc 
3) (1 sc in the next sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 4 times : 12 sc
4) (1 sc in the next 3 sc, 2 sc in the next sc) 3 times : 15 sc
5-10) 15 sc
Finish off

Mouth 
Make a chain of 3.
Working in circle.
1) (3 sc in the first sc, 1 in the next.) twice : 8 sc
2) (1 sc in the next sc, 2 sc in the next 3 sc) twice : 14 sc.
3-5) 14 sc

Tail
Make an amigurumi ring. 
1) 5 sc in the ring.
2) 2 sc in each sc around : 10 sc
3-5) 10 sc

Ears
Make a chain of 5.
Working in circle.
1) (1 sc all sc on both side) : 10 sc

To make it a bit more  마 시 마로 like you can make the arms a bit shorter.

千年女優 (Millennium Actress)

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千年女優 (Millennium Actress) is an animation movie by 今 敏 (Satoshi Kon) from 2001. 今 敏 also directed パーフェクトブルー (Perfect blue) and パプリカ (Paprika)

When she is still a teenager, Chiyoko Fujiwara hide a painter, but he has to escape leaving behind him a key.
She soon becomes an  actress following him to several place where she is acting.
In her old age, a journalist come to interview her. She relates the story of her search for the painter through her movie in different period of Japanese history.

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