first off: fufu i got your comment on the blog so the reply is working fine :)
i really must sit down this weekend and a) upload photos. b) write down as best i can the stuff i have done in the last few days.
here is a list to whet your appetites and remind me on my return
tea ceremony
kimono
lantern making
oragami
temple concert (with a priest in pistachio trousers)
an onsen (traditional japanese hot spring - take the term traditional very lightly indeed)
it feels as though i could come home now and have a tome of tales. staying with the three unbelievably thoughtful and generous teachers from Mihara high was the ulitmate crash course introduction to this complicated and wonderful place!!
tomorrow i hope to go to the anniversary at peace memorial park in Hiroshima. the lantern i made on the weekend is for the ceremony. thousands of people light paper lanterns and send them down the river that passes memorial park. so im gearing up mentally for that a bit...
also moved into my apartment today and took to the streets of mihara on my bike!!
how does that dr suess rhyme go? 'the places you'll go, the things you will see!'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadako_Sasaki
this will tell you about Sadako Sasaki. You probably know about her already but i, in my hopeless ignorance only read her story today. She was a victim of the atomic bomb. There is a memorial to her in the peace park in Hiroshima city.
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Hey so much to tell us. So much to ask you. Is your bike too big, could you drop the seat and handle bars so that stumpik legs can reach the pedals. What does your apartment look like, have you unpacked all your things! Is there a JET staying below you. Is memorial day a school holiday and on and on. So you had better prepare your fingers for lots and lots of scribbling/ typing
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