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THE MAIN REASON TO VISIT KAGOSHIMA WAS TO VISIT MEMBERS OF KEIKO'S FATHER'S FAMILY. 
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IT HAD BEEN FORTY YEARS SINCE SEEING FIRST COUSINS, ONE OF WHOM INTERESTED IN FAMILY GENEALOGY.
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AT A COFFEE SHOP, THEY WENT OVER FAMILY NAMES AND RELATIONS, BEFORE GOING...
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... TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE, BETWEEN 1932 AND 1937, ...
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...​.THEIR GRANDFATHER WAS PRINCIPAL.
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HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, KEIKO'S AUNT, IS LIVING IN A NURSING HOME, WHERE SHE SHOWED HER OLD FAMILY PHOTOS.
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AT A VISIT TO ANOTHER FIRST COUSIN'D HOME GAVE KEIKO...
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... AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MORE FAMILY PHOTOS, AS WELL AS....
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... POUR OVER INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE....
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.... THEIR GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE HAD BEEN LOCATED.

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IN HIS RETIREMENT FROM WORKING AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, HER COUSIN HAS RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY'S FARMING ROOTS.
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BESIDES MAINTAINING THE GARDEN'S AROUND HIS HOME, HE ALSO IS A ....
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SMALL SCALE  RICE FARMER, BUT WITH ALL THE LATEST MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT: HAND AND TRACTOR ROTO-TILLERS, THRESHING COMBINE, AND ...
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... RICE SEEDLING PLANTER!
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IT TAKES A LARGE REFRIGERATOR TO STORE HIS RICE HARVESTS.
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IT WAS THE SEASON TO MAKE A LOCAL SPECIALTY MADE BY STEAMING RICE IN THE PIECES OF "BARK" WHICH BAMBOO ANNUALLY SHEDS. AFTER SOAKING THEM, THEY ARE CUT TO LENGTH AND FOLDED TO MAKE A CONTAINER INTO WHICH ...
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... RICE IS PLACED INSIDE THE "POCKET".
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REFOLD AND TIE WITH STRIPS MADE FROM THE BAMBOO "BARK".
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STACKED AND READY TO GO OUTSIDE AND ....
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...INTO SIMMERING WATER.
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WHEN DEEMED READY, THE PACKETS ARE REMOVED,  QUICKLY RINSED IN COLD WATER, ...
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...AND STACKED TO COMPLETELY COOL.
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OF COURSE THE PROOF IS IN THE EATING...SO WE ALL GATHERED AROUND TO AWAIT TO TASTE THE RESULTS.
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OF COURSE, A VISIT WAS PAID TO THE GRAVE OF KEIKO'S GRANDPARENTS. IT IS LOCATED AMONG A FEW OTHERS, ON A VERDANT HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING THE VALLEY IN WHICH THEIR HOME WAS LOCATED.
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A LITTLE MORE GENEOLOGICAL RESEACH AND PHOTOS, AND THEN...
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...A COMMEMORATIVE PHOTO.
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