Khorn and Hoko again in Shimizu!

March 24th, A 3-hour train ride out of central Tokyo/Yokohama metropolice brings me to Shimizu, a small fishing port town in Shizuoka province. There in a light rain under the gray sky, await for me Khorn and Hoko, a Cambodian/Japanese couple I had met in Siem Reap. We visited Poum Steung school together back in February (see http://toshilog.blogspot.com/2007/02/khorn-hoko-chandrine-and-puok-high.html)

Khorn met Hoko in Sim Reap a few yeas back. Got married and been back and forth between Siem Reap and Shimizu. Hoko's famly in Shimizu (her mother) runs a late-night bar for local fishermen. And she's expecting a baby!

City of Shimizu sits in the wide-spreaded skirt of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka pefecture. One side of the city is open to Pacific water and the other blocked with high mountain chaines. At the sea port you can choose variety of sea food dish in the morning (beware the fat tuna runs out by 10 in the morning!)

the walls of the fish market is decorated with calligraphies from local school children, and the calligraphies say "Rice Bowl with Tuna" or "Salted Grilled Crab" and such.

Korn doesn't want to talk about Cambodia much, especially when it regards to politics of the country. His father, assumeably grown up in 60's 70's through 80's raising Khorn, has told him specifically "never to be photograped or videotaped when talking about politics or social afare."