{"id":3178,"date":"2013-11-01T15:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2013-11-06T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T06:11:23","slug":"november-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/2013\/11\/november-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahoy there!
\nForgive the nautical greeting; I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve spent a lot of time on boats recently, and may have caught cabin fever whilst navigating the high seas between Honshu and Shikoku on a voyage around the\u00c2\u00a0participating islands of the Setouchi Triennale. If you miss out on the art festival itself (finishing on November 4th), I still highly recommend a trip to Naoshima whose island shores are permanently\u00c2\u00a0dedicated to art. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to try the sanuki-udon whilst you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re there, Kagawa isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t known as udon-ken for nothing. But enough of my piratical\/artistic adventures!<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a><\/p>\n

I sincerely hope we can now finally say goodbye to tempestuous October\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s typhoons and prolific, insatiable mosquitoes. November is upon us and with it the delights of koyo season. Hillsides will soon be ablaze with colour as the momiji leaves put on a show to rival the beauty of sakura season. The time creeps closer when we can justify cracking out the kotatsu and heating (I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on a
\nself-imposed ban until December) and settle into wintry hibernation with a good box set. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget the umeshu you set fermenting last June, the perfect autumnal warmer.<\/p>\n

Of course November also brings the highly anticipated Skills Development Conference, two days of socializing with ALTs and JTEs from around the prefecture \u00e2\u20ac\u201c by socializing I of course mean networking and sharing ideas\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And why not make a weekend of it on Awaji? In this month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s issue Stephen puts the tourism board to shame with his Top-10 island activities. We also have a film extravaganza with Simon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s review of topical documentary Hafu, as well as information about the upcoming Osaka European Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Not a cinema fan? Never fear, the Hyogo Times has you covered: in the kitchen Cherie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s taken the iconic hamburger and given it a Japanese twist; Imi has come over all nostalgic for Cornish pasties; and we welcome first time writers Kristin and Lorna,\u00c2\u00a0telling us about a few fun things they got up to in October. Plus lots more to peruse on the bus to Awaji!
\nI look forward to seeing and meeting some of you later this month.
\nFair winds till then me hearties!
\nChar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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