How are you all? Genki desu ka?
It's a beautiful day here and the start of a long weeked. Monday is Respect-for-the-aged-day.
And this weekend is the Hojoya festival which is a celebration of living creatures. Birds are released and people give thanks for animals and what they provide us with. So I'll go along tonight. It starts at 6pm and there will be lots of stalls like the fireworks show I went to when I first arrived. I'll post you some pictures.
By the way, I didn't go to the moon watching party, it was raining! So it was cancelled. That was a shame. In New Zealand we say there's a man in the moon and the moons made of cheese, right? In Japan, they say there is a rabbit on the moon eating rice cakes. Funny aye.
Here are some pics from my sightseeing adventures this week:
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| This is 7-9 year old children's art that was on display. It's really popular to do origami and paper cutting. |
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| These are the winner's of a calligraphy contest. On the left is year 6 children's work. It says ユメ (katakana) which is the same as ゆめ (hiragana). It means dream. On the right is year 7 children's work. It says かめ (hiragana) which means turtle. |
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| This is the shrine where the art was displayed. |
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| Hmmmm, at the supermarket. 2 little cherry tomatoes very well wrapped for $4. Apparantly they are special because they are really sweet. I didn't buy them to test that out. |
Have a great weekend,
Jaa Mata,
Amelia
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