9:19:00 PM
Right now in Japan its election time.
and the parties will send out troops to wave, and wave, and well, wave.
one of my favourite places in japan. Gion. It feels like you've stepped back in time. (Apart from the roadsigns and the cars)
These private eateries are all determined by the symbol on the entrance curtain. The curtain is there to not allow you to see inside, and therefore you can only go in if you know what the symbol means.
So there I was enjoying, quiet, peaceful Gion. When these guys came and started up again. I think they were following me because they so desperately wanted my vote.
love this place.
If you've ever seen or read memoirs of a geisha. You will know how lucky the girl on that poster is. Advertising this years spring dance.
i'm in love with this picture.
it seems strange for them to use digital cameras.
Pagoda.
Billowing the incense over your body is meant to bring you good luck and strength to whichever part of the body you do it to.
Then it was back to tokyo [via night bus] for a breif pit stop before flying back north to home.
Japanese and bagpipes.
Oh Japan. With your men you have dogs in coats.
dinner with friends. Salad was AMAZING.
Yuko is a great singer.
Me and Yuko dueted Mariah Carey. She hit the high notes.
Going home in the rain at some horrible hour of the night I stumbled across these lanterns.
more friends, more karaoke.
We sang J-Pop, and ate donuts. Life is good.
Then it was a train, a plane, and finally a bus back home to Hokkaido where two days later I started work again.
stretch.
This spring holiday was great.
so many new friends, so many drafted plans for summer. Which I can't wait for. Although now I only have 4 months left in Japan. It's all going by far too fast. I never want this to end. But it has to. But until then, I'm loving life here.
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