Chino Tenshi

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English teacher in Japan / obsessed with Sailor Moon /1 fluffy kitty & 1 fluffy angel kitty/ soft spot for old Pentax lenses / 英語教師 / セラムン / 猫派 / ペンタックス

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Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· 8d

Cast on a pair of socks to help deal with my grief over Freya instead of working on my other 9 in-progress projects…🧶

A dark blue yarn knitted on US1 9” circular needles for about five rows, with a wooden box-shaped stitch marker about ten stitches from the left needle tip.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· 9d

She’s home, and next to her brother, Odin.

A pink urn cover with embossed sakura pattern and corded tassels sits on a light blue cloth with a photo of a grey and white cat next to it on the left.

Two bookcase cubbies with pet urns and photos of the respective cats.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· 9d

Today we lost our 17.5-year-old cat, Freya. My husband and I are devastated.

A grey and white long haired cat sitting in a grey pet bed. The words “Freya March 17, 2009 - Aug 19, 2026” are in pink above her head

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· 23d

This is not a cat. It is a gremlin.

An orange and white kitten with gold-green eyes chomping down hard on a plush cat toy

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· 26d

This goober has gotten really big in the past month.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jun 9

Look at this goober

A small orange kitten buried under a red duvet with his head and one paw visible on a blue pillow

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jun 6

Playtime!

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jun 5

Kitten climbed up my shirt this morning

A white woman in a white and navy zip-up shirt with a tiny orange kitten sitting on her right shoulder

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jun 4

Home and letting him explore a bit

And orange tabby kitten with a bit of white on his nose and chest sitting in the lap of someone with a brown skirt and purple shirt

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jun 4

There’s a tiny, scared kitten in a carrier at my house and you’re telling me I have to WORK?! What is this bullshit?

A very young (4-5 week old) orange tabby kitten in a stainless steel bathtub

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· May 19

I has a sad. I’ve lost another rhinestone from my Sailor Moon Store anniversary watch, and this time it’s the big crystal. Flew off during class.

A gold watch with a heart shaped locket-style cover over a white face with a pink star. There are several rhinestones around the heart but the large one on the bottom of the heart and two on the right side are missing

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· May 17

I found a Polly Pocket gacha machine in downtown Hiroshima. I didn’t even know Polly Pockets were ever in Japan in the 90s!

Purple round Polly Pocket charm with a Polly figure in a yellow dress and brown pigtails. They are connected via a gold ball chain.

Purple round Polly Pocket charm with a Polly figure in a yellow dress and brown pigtails. They are connected via a gold ball chain. The purple Polly Pocket opens up to show Polly’s apartment

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 2

The rear of Itsukushima Shrine through the trees with Mt Misen in the background

Sunset over the floating shrine gate at Miyajima

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 2

A red and white two-story pagoda obscured by the branches of several sakura trees

Outlook from a hill overlooking sakura and the floating shrine gate at Miyajima

Sakura, pagoda, and mountainside of Miyajima

Red pagoda surrounded by sakura with a mountainside behind the pagoda

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 2

Spent the day on Miyajima! Phone photos for now.

A vertical photo of the floating shrine gate at Miyajima

Pink and white cherry blossoms over a stream. A baby deer is walking near the water

White sakura over a staircase going down between buildings

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 2

First stop is our favorite okonomiyaki place that has spicy noodles!

Two plates of Hiroshima style okonomiyaki, with the further back plate having scallops on top

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 2

I’m on a boat

A three-story ferry boat painted white with orange-red stripes on each level

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 1

What is a Shinto shrine maiden’s favorite beverage? #japan #dadjokes

A photo of a Japanese drink menu with “ginger ale” in kanji that translates to “shinto shrine vocal support”

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Apr 1

Haven’t posted my cat sweater WIP! Loving how the cats came out. 🧶

A grey sweater partially knit with a round yoke featuring pink cats seated upright around the yoke.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Mar 17

Happy St Paddy’s birthday to Freya! She made it to 17 today!

A grey cat with white on her nose and chest lying down to the right and looking up at the camera

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Mar 16

Missing my best friend today. Today marks 27 years without this goofy girl in my life. I would not be who I am today if I had never met her. Last time I was home, I found this photo from our 6th grade computer club trip to Baltimore and D.C.

A Chinese-American girl in a red t-shrit and blue demin button up shirt is wearing a bright orange baseball cap with a white name tag on it. Her right hand is on a plasma ball display at a science museum.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Mar 11

I have successfully changed the battery in my Super Cub 50cc moped by myself! And it turns on and runs still! Please clap.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Mar 10

Y’all, I keep knitting through my bandaid. I am the craftiest. ಠ_ಠ 🧶

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Feb 24

Woke up at 3:30am and couldn’t fall asleep so I finished knitting the second sleeve cap for this cardigan 🧶 Also grafted the shoulders together before picking up and knitting the collar. Need to block after work so I can seam the sides and sew on the sleeve caps.

A purple knitted short-sleeved cardigan laying in a blue and white beanbag. The sleeves are not yet sewn into the sweater.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Feb 22

Working on my poncho again. Wool/Silk blend lace weight held double. I’m at 492 stitches around. 12 rows of plain garter, then 2x2rib with increases until I run out of yarn!

A dark wine red knit poncho in progress laid on a blue and white beanbag chair. It has a turtleneck and decorative ribbing down the middle of the front.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Feb 11

This!

A white woman with long light brown hair sitting crosslegged on a cliff with a lake in the background. She is wearing a handknit sweater in an off white with dark blue cats around the yoke of the sweater.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Feb 11

Yarn to celebrate my passing N1 on the JLPT has arrived! 🧶

Two plastic wrapped packages of yarn balls on a blue and white beanbag chair. The left package has 10 balls of charcoal grey yarn and the right package has three balls of charcoal grey yarn and three balls of a light pink yarn.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Feb 8

There’s so much snow on our side of Hiroshima I’ll have to walk to work in the morning. Not taking my scooter out in this.

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jan 29

I PASSED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE JAPANESE PROFICIENCY TEST

Scores by Scoring Section
Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)
24 / 60
Reading
41 / 60
Listening
51 / 60
Total Score
116/180

Chino Tenshi@chinotenshi· Jan 27

My shawlette has one more section to go on the pattern but I still have half my yarn left if not more. I still like how it’s coming out.