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My wife, Keiko Ahner, is a painter.
She has won several contests in Japan. Also, she put on an exhibition in the Artist's Village in Santa Ana, California.
You can email me at nobehage@yahoo.com or ahner1@hotmail.com. You can telephone me at 0982-34-5666.
I like to walk. I walk Nagahama beach and in the city of Nobeoka. I often take my dog,
Whitey Ahner with me.
If you want to meet single people in Japan, you need to join clubs. They have athletic clubs
such as tennis, soccer, badminton, rugby and basketball. I used to be a member of a basketball club and a tennis club.
I met a lot of single women and men there. The monthly fee just pays for injury insurance and the use of a building
or field.
Many of us foreigners used to meet in a bar or "snack" called Bronze. At first, I thought "buranzu"
referred to blondes, but I soon found out that the master of the place, Yanagita San, is into bronze. He makes figures
using bronze wire. Anyway, it's a large bar with over 60 chairs. Sometimes the master puts on a show with
live performances and pool tournaments.
Nobeoka is a castle town. Shiroyama used to tower over Nobeoka. Now, Shiroyama Castle is
in somewhat of a state of ruins. But, there is a museum called Naito Kinenkan, I believe. There you can see many
relics of Nobeoka past.
The bathrooms in Nobeoka are clean. If you want a western style bathroom, you may have to check
around. Also, it pays to bring along some tissue paper, because it is sometimes hard to get.
There used to be several bath houses in Nobeoka, Poka Poka Onsen, Garappa Onsen, and more. Now,
there is only Horigawa Onsen in the mountains and a place in Kadogawa, Kadogawa Onsen.
There are few fish to be caught off of the Nobeoka shores. They tell me it is because there is
a large net in place, put there by Hidaka San. It doesn't seem fair to us casual fishermen.
Asahi Yukizai is also located in Nobeoka. They make pipes, valves and the like. It's an
international company. They have a branch in Ohio and Germany.
Nobeoka used to be called Atago. Many farmers used to meet in central Nobeoka to sell their wares.
They created many songs and drank a lot of sake, rice wine.
Azumaya department store used to be located in Nobeoka. Also, Daiei used to operate in Nobeoka.
Kotobukiya was located in downtown Nobeoka. There used to be three or four movie theaters in Nobeoka. Now, there
is only one movie theatre. It's kind of small with poor speakers. There was also an ice rink and a skating rink in Nobeoka.
There used to be a farris wheel on top of Azumaya department store.
Edward James Ahner is my brother. Ed went to La Quinta high school l in Westminster, California.
Chuck Delrio always went to La Quinta with Ed. We worked at the Garden Grove Car Wash with Norman Tamura and Arlen Kutsunai.
Ed and Clarice Ahner Taught English at Midorigaoka Elementary in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan in 3/2008.
Nobetake high school is in Nobeoka. Nobeoka Gakuen is also in Nobeoka. Nobeoka Koukou is
in Nobeoka, too.
Study English in Nobeoka with Howard Ahner. Email: ahner1@hotmail.com Let's go to Jusco, Nobeoka together and walk around. Let's go to Heresutopia in Nobeoka and swim
around. Let's climb Mukabaki Mountain. Let's go to Ogura restaurant. Let's go to Joyfull restaurant.
Let's get our hair cut at Mahou No Te.
Some of my friends: Kimio Yanagita, Masaru Ito, and Takeishi Yamamoto.
Let's meet in front of A & A Hotel. Let's pig out at Kandagawa restaurant in Nobeoka. Let's eat chicken nanban
or namban. Let's eat shiitake mushrooms. Let's eat Hyuganatsu. Let's eat kasutera in Hyuga City.
Let's play tennis in Kadogawa where the best tennis courts in Japan are.
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Pottery is big in Nobeoka with a selective
few. Keiko took me to a place in the mountains near Mukabake Mountain. It was sort of relaxing. But, it's
not my cup of tea. Although, the master there served us a free cup of tea while we were there.
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We get a lot of typhoons in Nobeoka, Miyazaki
Ken, Japan. My friend and his mini-van were blown over by the strong wind of a hurricane in Japan. He wasn't injured
much. You may know him, Momotaro or Damian Freestone.
Hara Odori is an inside joke between me and the Japanese. During some parties, Japanese write
certain things and images on their stomachs and dance around the room. It's a joke.
Nagahama Beach in Nobeoka on March 19, 2008, a rainy day...
I was told that the rip tides at Nagahama
beach are severe. A couple of Asahi Kasei Chemical employees drowned in them a few years back.