There and back again…
This weekend was a three day weekend with today off to celebrate Japan’s Foundation Day. As most of you are no doubt aware, Japan was founded by Kitty Chan when she miraculously appeared out of Doreamon’s magic pocket, put a one sen piece into a pachinko machine and hit the jackpot with the various isles that make up Japan sprinkling out of the machine to a magnificent cacophony of the machines bells and whistles. Or something like that, foundation mythology is rarely steeped in reality.
Yesterday we headed out to Fukushima to see some friends. It took us about 4 hours to get there by train (on the subway to Kitasenju and then onto the Tobu Railway Company’s network). It was really nice to get out of Tokyo to enjoy some clean air! It was also quite surprising just how much colder it gets outside of the capital.
Today was beautifully clear, and we had a glorious drive through the hilly landscape of Fukushima. Seeing the trees interspersed over the snow covered slopes always reminds me of the sumi-e (ink brush paintings). We went to an onsen as well, before heading back to our friends’ place for some chijimi (Korean okonomiyaki?).
It is nice to get out of Tokyo and into the “snow country” if just briefly. And nice to be back refreshed for the new week.
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