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Kokubunji, 2021.03.10

Mari's bought me a birthday gift of fishing. On Saturday we're leaving for the very farthest corner of Tokyo, way out in distant Chiba. There, my good-luck-fishing son and I will head out at 05:00 on Sunday, in pursuit of hata and rockfish and things of that nature.


hata, a type of Grouper

For this purpose, I bought a new fishing rod to go with a jigging reel I'd bought last year when a friend and I were meant to go out. This, with a thoughtful gift card from Grandma!

Wish us luck!

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Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

—Abraham Lincoln