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We decided to start a new blog, which should be easier to use than our old blog. Posting something in our old blog always required HTMLtweeking by Samuli, but what we really need is something where even Aura can send an email and THAT'S IT!Email title = blog post titleAttached pictures = nice picture galleryurl = embedded videoetc.And Posterous is just that!We also transferred Oskari's blog to

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After admiring the mountains for four years from Finland Village, I finally did the hike I had been dreaming of - go to the highest peak and stay overnight at one of the cabins at the top (at 2750 meters) . It was better than I could have ever expected! Total elevation 1200 meters from start to Akadake + quite a lot of climbming and descending along the way. 5 hours on Saturday, 10 hours on

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A powerful typhoon passed by Tokyo last night and I was walking the streets with my camera this morning (and during lunch time). The typhoon did not hit Tokyo, but caused damage elsewhere in Japan.

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Maple outside our balcony in autumn colors.Hertta and fallen leavesOctober 1st - 1st frost during the night"They should fix our garage door pretty fast!"

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I escaped the endless concrete jungle and crowds of Tokyo, and spent 7 hours walking 33 kilometers on the outskirts of Kamakura visiting several remote Buddhist temples.

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Samuli had a fantastic hike to Mt Fuji - sunrise was nice, clear blue skies all the way down where great, but the night sky was absolutely breathtaking - Saturday was new moon, so there was no moon light, just perfectly clear black sky with thousands and thousands of stars,... which I was admiring for hours and hours.Samuli koki aivan mielettömän vaelluksen Mt Fujilla - auringonnousu oli hieno,

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Samuli is just getting ready for another day in Tokyo - Riikka and the kids are sound asleep in Helsinki getting ready for another schoolday in 6 hours.This video captures the duality of Tokyo, it was this duality that made me love Tokyo since my very first visit in 2004. Beautiful and ugly, old and new, back streets and high streets, calm and busy, shiny and rusty, commercial and zen ... and the

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Huomaan usein samaistuvani oudolla tavalla Ismo Alangon teksteihin. Tähän päivään sopii parhaiten pätkä Hassisen Koneen ajoilta:Ja mä kävelen tätä tyhjää tietä taloon, jota kodiksi kutsutaan vaikka siellä ei ole minulle ketään olen yksin tällä tyhjällä tiellä olen yksin tällä tyhjällä tiellä tällä tiellä tällä tielläTällä Tiellä

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I have been in Nagota today and visited the Nagoya castle. I met a 6 year old Japanese boy Tamon, who started interviewing me in fluent English. He was interested on where I came from and wanted to make friends. He is going to an international kindergarden, and already now speaks better English than most Japanese I have met.The Nagoya castle was built in 1610, around the time when Togukawa

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I just watched this amazing video and want to dedicate it to the people at MST who provided great education to our children during the past 3,5 years. A BIG THANK YOU to Pete & Mariko, Lynn, Jere & Lynn, James, Minako, Naoko & Nadine, Zach, Patrick, Laurie, Miho, Shukuko, Emi and others who supported them!See also:Square root of 646416 and counting 4132+4325 (in Finnish) Birthday Story: Aura

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Perjantaina haimme Mihan Pirttihirmun Porvoon Mihalasta Porin "varakotiin". Annoimme hänelle kutsumanimen Hertta (Heart, Hjärta) ettei olisi ihan liian hirmuinen nimi karvaisella vauvalla... Hertta on syntynyt 17.4.2009.Hakupäivä oli kasvattajan Saimi Niemisen nimipäivä, joten Saimi ja Ahti tarjosivat meille ihanaa mustikkapiirakkaa. Kahvittelun lomassa keskustelimme koiraan liityvistä asioista

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It's difficult to think what else to say than Sayonara when we are leaving Japan after four amazing years. We have experienced many new things, seen many new places and made many new friends. We will miss them all! Below the first and last family photo taken from us during these years. The kids have grown - Aura has spend more than half her life in Japan and Oskari quite exactly one third of his

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We had a great trip to Hiroshima where we wanted to take the kids before we leave Japan.We spent most of day 1 at the Peace Memorial Park and Museum.To rewind from the shocking museum exparience we enjoyed great weather and outdoors on day 2 at Miyajima island near Hiroshima.On day 3 we spent several hours relaxing at Shukkeien garden, had a late lunch and some ice cream down town before heading

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This morning I read from the front page of Daily Yomiuri that:The Democratic Party of Japan likely will include a policy of raising disposable household income by 20 percent in its manifesto for the next House of Representatives election...The party plans to achieve the proposed increase by reducing the cost of living through means such as making high school education free. It also will increase

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Mom bought me Hello Kitty cocoa and I was so excited to taste it I gathered some of my Hello Kitty stuff on the table. The Milkitty drink was not cocoa but milk tea which I did not like at all. Luckily we had normal cocoa to save the day.

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See them in action earlier this spring.

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For those of you who read Japanese: ミセス Magazine published a 34 pages special section about Finland in their July issue. It covers wide range of topics like landscape and living, famous composers, architects and designers, design and shopping in Helsinki. It dedicates 6 pages for the Finnish school and library system, including an interview with Riikka.ミセス July 2009, ７月号フィンランド45 年前、ピアニストとしての将来を思い

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Kävimme tänään Porvoossa Mihan kennelissä katsomassa huhtikuun lopussa syntynyttä snautseripentuetta. Meille on varattuna yksi narttupentu. Kuulimme että "meidän" pentumme nimi on Mihan Pirttihirmu - lasten mielestä juuri sopiva koira äidille!Koirat ovat saaneet kasvaa kauniissa maalaismaisemassa Saimi ja Ahti Niemisen hyvässä hoidossa - aika eri olosuhteissa kuin koirat Tokiossa.Today we visited

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Tokyo summer is approaching, it's not yet too hot, but the humidity is really high. You can not avoid getting sweat just by being outside.There is so much humidity in the air, that you can not see far. But better that than the grey skies in Korea I saw during the past couple of days.

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She took us to places like Odawara, Disneyland, Finland Village, again, again, again, again and again, and Hakone. She never let us down - in town, on the highway, and not even in the toughest conditions! She had plenty of room to transport furniture or bicycles. She had two extra seats to fit our friends to take them places like Disneyland with Grandma and Grandpa, Finland Village and Mt Fuji

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Sunnuntaiaamu on ollut sateinen ja näkymä ikkunoistamme on varsin harmaa. Viime viikon muuton jäljiltä olemme kaikki uupuneita ja päivän suurin ponnistus on sunnuntailounas jossain lähiseudun ravintolassa.

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Kirjahylly purettu - Book self taken apartOlohuone melkein pakattu - Living room almost packedAuran huone melkein pakattu - Aura's room almost packedMakuuhuone pakattu - Master bed room packedOskarin huone pakattu - Oskari's room packedVain keittiö ja kellari jäljellä - Only kitchen and basement are left

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Olemme asuneet kohta neljä vuotta Tokiossa ja on aika palata kotiin. Muuttokuormaa alettiin pakata tänään, jotta se ehtii Suomeen ennen kuin koulut alkavat syksyllä. We have been living in Tokyo for almost four years now and it is time to return to Finland. The moving company started packing today in order to get our belongings to Finland in time for the new school year in August.

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We participated the 10th TELL Charity Walk and Runathon! Samuli ran two laps around the Imperial Palace (10 km), Riikka walked one lap with the kids. It was +24C and we really enjoyed it!!Samuli going along his own path.Downhill in the beginning.Imperial palace gate."I am thirsty!""I am flying!"Aura finishing the race (Oskari finished 15 minutes earlier).We did it!We all did it!

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Riikka will have another lecture about Finnish education tomorrow. Here is a link to a report (in Japanese) of her earlier lecture. And attached are some sample slides she uses.She starts with "During my stay in Japan for almost 4 years now I have been asked many times about the Finnish schooling system. Everybody seems to know the OECD’s PISA tests and their results, in which Finland has scored

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Japan's parliament has passed legislation to give a cash hand-out to every resident in attempt to boost the recession-hit economy. Most people will get at least 12,000 yen, while children under 18 and people aged over 65 will get 20,000 yen as part of the scheme.It was unclear to me if we foreign residents would receive this hand-out. Then, two weeks ago, I received a letter from the local

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Kävimme Oskarin kanssa juoksemassa ja pyöräilemässä palatsin ympäri. Palatsille menimme molemmat fillareilla, minä juoksin sen ympäri ja Oskari pyöräili. Kävin testaamassa miltä lenkki tuntuu jos parin viikon päästä juoksen kaksi kierrosta hyväntekeväisyysjuoksussa. Yksi kierros meni tänään helposti, joten kaksikin pitäisi onnistua.Hämmästyimme kun palatsin lähikatuja oli suljettu, ja innostuimme

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Aura piirsi kimonoprinsessan, joka skannattiin, lähetettiin Satakunnan Kansaan ja julkaistiin heidän nettisivuillaan.

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The Metropolis Magazine always lists strange news of Japan (as seen as trough US eyes). This week one of them was"A 69-year-old Finnish pianist was arrested for stealing ¥27,000 worth of items at a department store in Yokohama."It is all too easy to laugh at a foreign culture - to avoid that I did some googling about funny news from FinlandHere are some of the best - we Finns sure are stupid!:-(

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The golden rays of the setting sun."Why are there so many statues for dead children?"Aura, Oskari, cherry blossom and Tokyo TowerTokyo Tower behind Zojo-jiCrossing the street to enter Tokyo Tower

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Oskari took a closer look at my old picture and saw an Easter Witch flying by the moon.Oskari katsoi vanhaa kuvaani tarkemmin ja näki noidan lentävän kuun editse. Hyvää Pääsiäistä - Happy Easter!

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The weather today was not as warm as forecasted and we decided to walk along Meguro river in Nakameguro instead of a picnic.

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iNTOUCH magazine, published every month by Tokyo American Club, had an article about Riikka and the Finnish education. See page 48-49 on their online edition.

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New school year is starting in Japan in April. Today there were some news about Japanese schools and daycare. No wonder the Japanese are so interested on the Finnish education system!Primary school English classes to start earlyAbout 40 percent of Tokyo's wards and other big cities plan to conduct English lessons at least once a week at primary schools for fifth- and sixth-graders from April.

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We went to Aoyama Cemetery to enjoy early hanami. Riikka and Aura enjoyed beautiful cherry blossom, Oskari found many interesting things and Samuli took quite a few pictures.It is still a bit chilly (and only about 10% of full blossom) so there were only a handful of people on hanami picnic. Having barbecue, drinking beer and sake, talking and singing loud, playing tag, etc. on a graveyard...A

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Ulkona on ollut ihmeen kylmää. Koko kaupunki odottaa milloin kirsikankukat alkavat kukkia. Alkuperäisen ennusteen mukaan niiden piti kukkia tällä viikolla, mutta viileä sää on hidastanut kukintaa eikä 5'C lämpötila houkuttele sunnuntaipiknikille. Lähdemme kuitenkin kävelylle Aoyaman hautausmaalle (kuten viime vuonna samaan aikaan).Osa kirsikoista kukkii jo, kuten eilen RoppongillaJa kotona Riikan

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I had the rare pleasure of visiting a member of Japanese Parliament the other day. I was invited by Itokazu Keiko san to discuss on my lecture trip to Okinawa in April. I had Watanabe san and Chiyonobu san from Gakken with me to support me. We had a short conversation on the important topics they want me to talk about in my lecture: Finnish education system and special education in particular.

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Yesterday parents and grandparents were invited to watch how Aura and Oskari perform in Aikido.They have learned quite impressive moves!

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...iho sileäksi!Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd launched of the UL•OS brand of Men's Cosmedics* targeting healthy skin. The line of face and body care products formulated with middle-aged men in mind was launched with the introduction of five items in three formulations: skin lotion, skin milk, and skin cream.*Cosmedics = Skin care products targeting healthy skin based on Otsuka Pharmaceutical's

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Topi ja Liisa saapuivat joka keväiselle vierailulleen Tokioon tapaamaan ainoita lapsenlapsiaan ja ainoaa lastaan (ja ehkä vähän ainoaa vävyäänkin).Kävimme Topin ja Oskarin kanssa viikonloppuna kävelyllä naapurustossa ja poikkesimme pieneen Toyota myymälään koeistumaan uuden iQ pikkuauton. Auton mittasuhteista kertoo jotain se, että iQ on 80 cm lyhyempi kuin Yaris!Topi tokaisi, että kaikenlaisia

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I have been shocked reading the news these days. I knew these two issues are common in Japanese politics, but I did not know how common.TOKYO (AFP) March 6 — A political scandal in Japan widened Thursday when government figures, including an influential former premier, said they had taken money linked to a firm whose murky donations have shaken the opposition.Former prime minister Yoshiro Mori, a

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Eilen Aura halusi ostaa kukkia.Hän sai itse valita kukat ja teki niistä hienon ikebana-asetelman.Yesterday Aura wanted to by some flowers.She selected the flowers and made a beatiful ikebana arrangement of them.

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Before predicting the future Olympic gamesthe Japanese should study a bit more history and geography.Nothing to say about the recent history,but...Disneyland is in Anaheim, not in Los Angeles - why did they not choose Yokohama Landmark Tower as the symbol of 2016 games?I do not thing there were any snowmen in Montreal in the middle of the summer. And Brandenburger Gate was still in Berlin, not in

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Kaksi viikkoa sitten Tokiossa oli 23'C lämpöaalto (täysin poikkeuksellinen).Tänään satoi talven ensilumi Tokiossa. Ainakin meidän havaintojemme mukaan. Tarkemmin sanottuna satoi räntää, tai märkiä tiskirättejä, jotka sulivat pois maahan osuessaan.

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We went day tripping to Odawara, 80 km outside Tokyo to see the "old" Odawara Castle. It was well worth it. We actually planned to go yesterday, but as it rained we went today and were caught in the traffic.Children were playing at the main gate.Each castle in Japan apparently has a fish decoration on the roof, and each of them is slightly different from the other castles.Wide angle - my family

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Kävimme Jonnin kanssa eilen savusaunassa Kuusijärvellä. Minä pulahdin tietysti myös avantoon, mutta Jonni tyytyi kameramiehen osaan rannalla. Ja nappasi aivan loistavan kuvan minusta avannossa! SavusaunaAvantoAvantouimari(klikkaa isoksi ja laske suusta puhaltamani pisarat!)

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Miksi kukaan edes tekisi tällaisen pelin? Suomalaisista matkaoppaista saatetaan Japanin tullissa repiä saunakuvat pois, mutta samaan aikaan sarjakuvissa ja näköjään myös tietokonepeissä voi kuvata ihan mitä vain.Tekijöiden mukaan aivan laillisesti:"We believe there is no problem with the software, which has cleared the domestic ratings of an ethics watchdog body."Käsittämätön tulkinta

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After being awake a couple of hours I decedied to go out for a walk with my camera.Everybody else was still sleeping at the hotel.The coffee shop was closed, just the cleaner inside.Full moon over Esplanadi.Havis Amanda with no protection against the cold.Lonely stand at the Market Square.Gas lamp.The Cathedral.Not too busy railway station.My destination - early morning coffee shop.

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Jos kiinnostaa, niin käykää kurkkaamassa haastattelua, joka tehtiin tammikuussa Riikan käydessä Porissa. Aiheena hänen tekemänsä kirjat täällä Japanissa.(Linkki on vanhentunut, meillä on pdf, jos haluat lukea jutun)Satakunnan Kansa, the newspaper of Riikka's home town, published her interview on Wednesday. Again she made it to the front page!

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We went for a walk on this sunny Sunday afternoon. The neighbourhood has several coin laundries, like this "USA Coin Laundry", and people hang their laundry to dry on the balconies or outside their windows. It's very typical scenery in Japan.

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I was amazed by the news today."The Kansai Space Initiative, a non-profit organization set up in 2008 to promote the participation of local Japanese companies and citizens in the development of space, has come up with the idea of launching a tiny satellite equipped with an electric billboard and a camera so private messages can be photographed with Earth as the backdrop.The KaSpI-1 would be a

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Obama speech textbook has become a big hit in Japan.The 95-page paperback features Obama's speeches in English from the 2004 Democratic National Convention and during the Democratic Party primaries, in which he defeated Hillary Clinton. They are accompanied by Japanese translations.The 1,050 yen ($12) book, which includes a CD of the speeches, tops the bestseller list on bookseller Amazon's

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Tänään aamun lehdessä oli juttu siitä, kuinka vanhemmat jonottavat tuntikausia, jotta saavat jättää hakemuksen ala-asteen pääsykokeisiin, jonka läpäissestä arvotaan ala-asteelle pääsijät.Miksi vanhemmat jonottavat? Hyvä kysymys, sillä ei ole mitään vaikutusta pääsykokeen läpäisyyn tai arvontatulokseen. Vai onko sittenkin - kuten rehtori Inada selittää:"People who come early to submit an

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Riikka's book is getting quite nice publicity in Japan.Amid concerns that declining academic abilities of children in Japan, there is increasing interest in the learning method of Finland produced a world-class achievement. 日本の子供の学力低下が懸念される中、世界トップ級の学力を生み出すフィンランドの学習法に関心が高まっている。「フィンランドメソッド（方式）」をうたう読書法や作文の書き方、算数ドリルといった学習関連本が相次いで出版され、教育関係者ばかりではなく、一般家庭にも普及し始めた。 (http://www.iza.ne.jp/ 2008/1/11)This

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Today was Japanese Coming-of-Age-Day, another Happy Monday holiday. &;-)I have to say, the system is quite nice. Additionally, if a national holiday falls on weekend, the following Monday becomes a holiday. Because the weather was nice, I put on warm clothes and went out riding my bicycle.Past a temple, and a girl celebrating her coming of age.I found my self in a tight space between 4+2 lanes of

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Sunrise from behind Mita Roppongi on sunrise Mt Fuji on sunrise (behind Ebisu)

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Picture: Suzuka YoshidaHyvää alkanutta härän vuotta!Härän vuotta pidetään pohdinnan, sadonkorjuun ja varovaisten päätösten aikana.Happy new year of the Ox!The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work.あけましておめでとうございます

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Another year has passed.In January and February we visited Finland Village to play in the snow andto go skiing.March brings spring light and occasinally the kids sit down and read in peace and quiet - honestly.April is hanami season and the whole Tokyo blossoms in pink.In May the school year is almost over.Summer vacation starts in June and Linnamäki amusement park is a must!In July we enjoyed

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Olen kyllä tottunut siihen, että kolautan pääni ovenkarmeihin tai metron kädensijoihin, mutta tämä vessa oli hieman ahdas...I am used to hitting my head on doorframes or handrails in subways, but the ceiling on this toilet was really low...Samuli

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Riikka's book has been well received in Japan. Finnish Chamber of Commerce and Finnish Tourist Board both recommend it. (To my understanding with the same text, in English and in Japanese).The secret of the book might be that it was written- by a Japanese journalist- from a Japanese point of you- based on Riikka's "insider information" from the systemNow we also know a bit more about what is in

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I saw this add on the subway today, and wondered what it says:"Stop AIDS - Blow dry your hair before using subway?"Not exactly, but that's what the picture looks like...Find out more, in JapaneseSamuli

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Syksy on parasta aikaa Tokiossa. Ilma on kuulas ja kuiva. Illat ja yöt alkavat olla viileitä - marraskuu Tokiossa on hieman kuin syyskuu Suomessa.Eilen nautimme aurinkoisesta syyspäivästä ja söimme lounaan ulkona terassilla,kävelimme japanilaisella kauppakadulla,tapasimme myös Joulupukin(joka väitti tulevansa Pohjoisnavalta ja puhui vain englantia - siis valepukki!),Aura tapasi Hello Kittyn,

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The Power of Finnish Education is the title of Riikka's new book about Finnish school system, and about her own experiences as a student and teacher. It was published today. It is written from a Japanese point of view by a Japanese journalist based on tens of hours of interviews with Riikka.One of the chapters is called "Summer holiday without homework" which is something that surprises the

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Hokkaidon Opettajien Ammattiyhdistys neuvoo opettajia olemaan osallistumatta Opetuslautakunnan järjestämiin seminaareihin englannin opettamisesta. Opetusministeriön päätöksellä ala-asteilla aloitetaan pakollinen englanninopetus vuonna 2011. Mutta Hokkaidon opettajien ammattiliitto neuvoo opettajia olemaan valmistautumatta tähän, koska "It's not necessary to attend the seminars because the

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was made in Japan this week when "International students from 57 countries and territories at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Oita Prefecture on Wednesday took a sauna together, breaking the world record for the number of people with different nationalities in a sauna at the same time." (See link)Amazing. They did it in a sauna that fits 15 people. The students of Otaniemi should be able

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We went to see a baseball game at Tokyo Dome this Sunday with Oskari.It was the second game of the final series and the dome was full (and noisy).The game was quite nice, but long and slow.Eventually we had to leave before the game ended, and we did not see the 9th inning and the game winning homerun. We support Seibu Lions, because their uniform looks same as the Finnish national hockey team,

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Japanin ilmavoimien komentaja erotettiin, koska hän julkaisi artikkelin, jossa väitti että Japani ei käyttäytynyt agressiivisesti toisessa maailmansodassa. Historiankirjoittajat ovat yleisesti sitä mieltä, että Japani käyttäytyi erittäin agressiivisesti. Japanin hallitus on ainakin osittain myöntänyt historian, ja erotti ilmavoimien komentajan. Mutta voi vain arvailla mikä on yleinen

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We went trick-or-treating with friends,everybody was all dressed up,even the pizza delivery guy!

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Last Monday, October 27, we went to Disneyland - unfortunately we were not the only ones...Our children had vacation from the school and we thought there would not be too many people on a normal weekday.How wrong we were!It was almost Halloween......and the line to haunted house was 2 hours 40 minutes!!!For Winnie the Pooh's house 2 hours 30 minutes!!!And for Buzz Lightyear 2 hours 10 minutes (

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Yesterday Riikka's book was featured in the front page of Daily Yomiuri. Last week the original story was published in Japanese.National NewsFinnish math A former teacher from Finland publishes an arithmetic drill book for Japanese children, containing techniques used at schools in the country that has been ranked top in the world. Page 3Finnish teacher writes math book for Japanese kids Akiko

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Oskari got a bit wild this weekend, see his blog for his adventures.

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I friend of mine introduced me to a cool tool to learn Japanese - iKnow! They call themself an intelligent social learning platform - and really seem to be such!Go check the iKnow demo This recent article about iKnow has a bit more information about them.Originally the tool was designed to teach English to the Japanese people, and that market potential is huge!

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Today Riikka's book was featured in Yomiuri Shimbun. We haven't seen the actual paper yet, but below is the article as it was in the web (available only in Japanese at this point). (28.10. Now available also in English)フィンランド式算数本フィンランドの小学校教師だったリッカ・パッカラさん（３９）（港区南麻布）が、日本の小学校低学年向けの算数ドリルを執筆した。経済協力開発機構（ＯＥＣＤ）の国際学習到達度調査（ＰＩＳＡ）で、世界トップクラスを維持している同国の算数教育のヒントも入っている。「算数は生活に役立つ」と実感させる１冊だ。（吉永亜希子）　ドリルのタイトルは、「リッカ

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We received a nice omiyage today at the office. I just had to go and find a camera.Samuli今日　かいしゃで　おもしろいい　おみやげが　もらいました。サムリ

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Piirsin kuvan, jossa on koko perhe tulossa syömästä. Meillä on käsissä suklaat, jotka saimme.I draw a picture of our family coming from a diner. We all have chocolate candies in our hands.Aura

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"I won a trip for two to Japan""How wonderful! When shall we leave?""They let you change it for a squeeking rubber toy.""Guess which one I chose?"

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Today we went to see the Blue Man Group and they were GREAT!

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HS 4.9.2008Ateneumin uudet näyttelyt vievät ainutlaatuiselle matkalle Japaniin.Perjantaina avautuvista näyttelyistä toinen esittelee huomattavan valikoiman monivärisiä puupiirroksia Edo-kauden tunnetuilta maisemantekijöiltä Hokusailta (1760–1849) ja Hiroshigeltä (1797–1858). Hokusai & Hiroshige 7. 12. saakka Ateneumissa. Ti, pe 9-18, ke, to 9–20, la, su 11–17. Japanilaista kulttuuria koko

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Viime yönä oli melkoinen ukkonen, joka jylisi pari tuntia aivan kotimme päällä.Toissa iltana oli samanlainen ukkonen. Samalla Tokiossa satoi ennätyksellinen määrä vettä tunnissa. Onneksi asumme mäen päällä ja vesi virtaa alas päin.Viikko sitten oli vielä rajumpi.Ja heinäkuussa Tokiossa salamoi enemmän kuin 50 vuoteen.Ja taifuunikausi on vasta alkamassa... Samu

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Riikka ja lapset palasivat eilen Tokioon. He onnistuivat välttämään tuskaisen kuuman elokuun alun, kun jostain kumman syystä lämpötilat Tokiossa laskivat yli 10'C viime viikosta.Ulkona on harmaata ja sateista. Lämpötila on sentään miellyttävä, mutta olisi mukavampaa jos 5 vrk sääennustuksessa olisi vähemmän harmaita pilviä ja sadepisaroita.Kotona onneksi riittää virikkeitä pitkän loman

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Just as I expected: two years as a housekeeper were enough for Riikka, and she started having different projects to keep herself occupied. All of her projects (outside our kid's school) have been related to Finnish education and school system. The Japanese are very interested in how Finland has scored so high in international PISA surveys in 2000, 2003 and 2006. Riikka's 10 years of experience as

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リッカ先生のたのしい算数たし算ひき算―フィンランド式ドリル主に基礎を重視し、6歳から8歳の子どもたちに適した内容を選んで収録。お子さんが学習を進める上で手助けとなるようなヒントやポイントをアドバイスする欄も設けている。ＯＥＣＤの国際学習到達度調査（ＰＩＳＡ）で毎回圧倒的に優秀な成績を誇る、フィンランドの勉強法が、家庭で実践できる本。フィンランド人の現役小学校教諭が、現地での教え方をそのままドリルにしました。復習にも、先取り学習にも最適な教材です。【著者プロフィール】フィンランドの首都・ヘルシンキの小学校教諭で、２児の母。トゥルク大学にて教育学修士取得後、１９９５年より教壇に立つ。２００５年には、ヘルシンキ大学にて特殊教育の学位も取得。リ-ッカSuomalaista matematiikkaaReilu vuosi sitten minua pyydettiin tekemään

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Olemme lomalla, emmekä päivitä blogiamme ennen elokuun puoliväliä.Hauskaa kesää!We are on holiday and do not update our blog until mid August.Have a nice summer!ROSALife is good!Do what you like.Like what you do.

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Kun asumme ulkomailla, meiltä kysytään usein“Kuinka koulutatte lapsianne?” Välillä kysyjä haluaa tietää miten koulutamme heitä asuessamme vieraassa maassa, mutta ihmiset ovat enemmän ja enemmän kiinnostuneita siitä miten koulutamme heitä Suomessa. Vastatakseni tähän kysymykseen tein oheisen esityksen, jolla osallistun Maailman Paras Esitys 2008 –kilpailuun.Jos pidät siitä, käytä äänioikeuttasi ja

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Moshi moshi!Löysimme tänään viidentenä Tokio-päivänä Hiro-o-metroasemalta suoraan kämpille ilman karttaa ja eksymistä. Samu opasti meitä menestyksellisesti ensimmäiset kolme päivää ja eilen pääsimme hortoilemaan ympäri kaupunkia keskenämme. Junalla ja metrolla on jo helppo kulkea, mutta kadulla kulkemiseen tarvittaisiin joskus kartan lisäksi kotiin jäänyttä kompassia.Olemme käyneet Tokion

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Vihdoinkin!Japanin maahantuloviranomaiset ovat huomanneet että on ollut silkaa ajan haaskausta pyytää ihmisiä täyttämään tietoja, jotka heillä on tietojärjestelmissään (kahdessakin paikassa).Osoite, passin numero, muukalaiskortin numero ja ammatti ovat kaikki tietojärjestelmässä oleskeluluvan takana sekä vielä varmuudeksi muukalaiskortin takana. Oleskelulupavasta ja tästä lomakkeesta skannataan

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Nyt on ainutlaatuinen tilaisuus ilahduttaa isää! Hanki isälle itsensä näköinen isäinpäivän pulla-ukko hintaan 800 jeniä - 4,95€!Onko isällä1) pyöreä pää - kuutiopää2) naurava suu - hymyilevä suu3) patatukka - jakausa - kalju4) silmälasit - ei laseja parta (leveä - pukin parta - sänkiparta) - ei partaa kauneuspilkku (missä kohtaa) - ei kauneuspilkkua5) kulmakarvat asennossa - - vai \ / vai /

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Kyltissä lukee: "Minaton kaupungiosa ja Tokion kaupunki ovat rakentaneet tämän joenrantaterassin luodakseen paikan, jossa paikalliset asukkaat voivat nauttia Furukawa-joesta."Valitettavasti joki on aiemmin kahlittu betoniuomaanja katettu moottoritiellä. Bloggasimme aiheesta jo pari vuotta sitten. Sama loppukommentti: "Toista se on Suomessa, jossa joet ja rannat ovat ihmisten ilona!"ROSA viikon

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Ei tähän ole mitään lisättävää. (Mutta jos kiinnostaa, niin tässä on linkki japanilaiseen työskentelykulttuuriin: 5.1. Working steadily matters more than quality or quantity of work completed.)R&SMatkustaja sai kannabiskäärön tullilta JapanissaHELSINGIN SANOMAT TORSTAINA 29.5.2008Lentokonematkustaja sai vahingossa matkalaukkuunsa yli 140 grammaa hasista tullin töpeksittyä Naritan lentokentällä

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YLEn toimittaja Terttu Lensu kävi muutama kuukausi sitten vierailulla Tokiossa. Hän teki meidän haastattelustamme puolen tunnin ohjelman suomalaisperheen arjesta. Hän teki samalla matkalla myös muita ohjelmia mm. bisneksen teosta Japanissa ja japanilaisesta Suomen ystävästä. Ohjelman voit kuunnella YLEn Areenasta. Samalla voit vaikka katsella kuvia blogistamme.R.O.S.A.Vuoroin vieraissaSuomalaisen

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Check it out here!R.O.S.A.

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Last weekend we had a barbeque at the home of Saitonen from Samuli's office.(Samuli's bald spot is getting bigger and brighter every year...)Riikka was teaching the Japanese guys how to use Nordic walking polesWith some success...The main event was flying of Japan's biggest kites close to Saitonen's home. The day was unfortunately not quite windy, so only the smallest (!!!) kite was able to fly.

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Nappasimme muutaman onnistuneen valokuvan lapsista, jotka nautiskelevat keväästä:Oskari lainasi ongen ja istuskeli lammen rantaan kaloja narraamaan.Aura istahti portaille kotioven edustalle ja puhalteli saippuakuplia.Hauskaa kevättä!ROSA

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Tasan vuosi sitten minulta lähti ensimmäinen hammas ja irvistin iloisesti.Nyt etuylähampaat heiluivat pitkään ja hurjan näköisesti.Viime viikolla minulta vihdoin lähti kaksi hammasta ja eilen illalla vielä yksi. Nyt irvistys on isompi!Aura

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I just had to park my bicycle here and take some pictures:I do not understand how not parking my bicycle here would"help maintain the beauty of our streets......and greenery"I felt almost as absurd as when I found myself on a bicycle lane between of 12 car lanes (here)!Samuli

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Metsän eläimet Satu ja Jussi tulivat pariksi viikoksi kiertelemään Japanin saarivaltakuntaa. Kioto tarjosi valtaisan sakura-ilotulituksen. Käynti paikallisessa puistossa tuotti deja-vu -kokemuksen: Japanilaiset viettivät selvästi vappua: ihmiset pitivät puistossa piknikkiä, humaltuivat ja lauleskelivat. Kiotossa antia eivät olleet ainoastaan kuuluisat turistilaumojen kansoittavat temppelit, vaan

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I was asked to write some blog articles for Japanese mothers. They are published weekly at www.mi-te.jp, the site is only available in Japanese and requires registration. Here is one sample - my original text in English is at the end of this blog entry.Riikkaフィンランドの保育制度2008年4月11日今回は、フィンランドのデイケア制度（保育制度）についてお話しします。私たちの二人の子どもたちも、2歳になってからデイケアセンターに行くようになりました。それまでは、私が家で子どもたちと一緒にいました。そのデイケアセンターは、わが家の近

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Tervehdys TokiostaOlemme olleet Riikan, Samulin, Oskarin ja Auran luona jo 3½ viikkoa ja huomenna aamulla palaamme Suomeen (varmaankin isäntäväki huokaisee helpotuksesta...).Tällä kolmannella Tokion matkalla olemme matkustelleet aikaisempaa enemmän. Riikka opasti meidät kolmeksi päiväksi tutustumaan Hiroshimaan, jossa asuimme mukavassa hotellissa ja kävimme temppeleissä ja museossa, jossa olivat

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