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- Still Shaken in Akita!
- April 18th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture
- This is the latest in the Malcolm Ernst series of cartoons. Hi everyone. It’s your favorite bijin up here in Akita. This month I’m coming to you from my very messy room! The recent spat of earthquakes gives me a great excuse for not keeping it tidy! I don’t know ... » Continue Reading
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- Where there is light there is hope
- March 22nd, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the latest in the Malcolm Ernst series of cartoons. Hello, dear friends. It’s me, Akie. Usually I’m bringing you messages of happy bijins having fun in Akita prefecture. But today I write with a more somber tone. On Friday, March 11th at around 2:46 pm Japa ... » Continue Reading
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- Happy Valentine’s Day from Akie
- February 14th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- This is the latest in the Malcolm Ernst series of cartoons. Hi everyone! Remember me? I have just been so darn busy these days shoveling snow that I couldn’t get back to my blog here lately. Sorry about that! I missed you all, and I hope you missed me as well. So, now ... » Continue Reading
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- Akie blog – Hopping Into the New Year
- January 12th, 2011Category: Uncategorized
- This is the latest in the Malcolm Ernst series of cartoons. Hi, Everyone, and Happy New Year to all of you from all of us up here in snowy Akita! Wow, the start of a brand new year! Filled with promises and resolutions for all of us. I’m so excited, aren’t you? I mea ... » Continue Reading
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- Too late too little this Fall
- November 19th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- This is the latest in the Ernst Malcolm series of cartoons. Hi, everyone! Remember me? I’ve been gone awhile but I’m back now bringing you more goodies from my home way up here in Akita, land of endless beauty. Well, the beauty never ends up here as I have always been ... » Continue Reading
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- Akita Bijin, Nozomi Sasaki
- September 29th, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Find out more about the series of cartoons created by Malcolm Ernst, by clicking here. Hi, everyone! It’s me, Akie, your favorite bijin from Akita, where the weather is finally turning cool again. Wow! Did we have a hot summer or what! You know, I thought the cool fal ... » Continue Reading
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- Still BARE and scared of the BEARS in Akita!
- September 2nd, 2010Category: Arts & Entertainment
- If you are new to Malcolm Ernst's cartoons, find out how they are created and how the authors have turned it into a successful business in this earlier post. Hey there, it’s me, Akie. I’m back at another famous mountain onsen in beautiful Akita Prefecture. My slightl ... » Continue Reading
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- Scared BARE by a BEAR Scare!
- August 16th, 2010Category: Culture
- Hi, it’s me Akie, up here in Akita weathering out the summer heat like all of you. Seems awfully hot this summer for humans and critters alike, doesn’t it? This brings me to my little theme for this blog. I bet that title got your attention! (Just a little, hehehe.) ... » Continue Reading
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- Be careful in this heat!
- August 3rd, 2010Category: Travel
- Hi, everyone. It’s me, Akie, here on a beach in Akita where it is really hot! As you can see, I have slipped into something a bit more appropriate for the beach weather. I’ve also brought along the essentials for a good time and a safe one at any beach. Lots of you ... » Continue Reading
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- Summertime and the livin’ is easy in Akita
- July 22nd, 2010Category: Culture
- Hi everyone! Summer has finally arrived up here in Akita and that is just fine with me. We had a bit of delayed spring as I mentioned in one of my previous blogs. The lingering winter just wouldn’t let go! But now the rainy season is just about over, the Agisai (hydrang ... » Continue Reading