kite and car

Moral of the story: a $2 plastic kite is a $2 plastic kite, and will not stand up against, well, any kind of wind, really. And the weather actually is pretty great for it (the lull in heat and humidity a few weeks ago was a ruse, but this time seems like it might stick). Idly considering setting a few bucks down and making one myself whilst uttering those immortal words: “How hard could it be?”

Looks like we’ll be renting and piling into a car next Saturday to take a trip out to Nagoya. I’m not at all sure why we are going to Nagoya, because while it is a perfectly acceptable city there is not really much there to see or do that is unique; but I’m the only one that can legally drive here, and they’re paying gasoline costs, so I’m not questioning the wisdom one bit.  I plan to skirt the city as much as possible and get lost in the surrounding countryside. Might keep the car over a night and hit the San-in coast (northwest of us) on Sunday; I’ve been dying to do that for awhile now.

retrospective

I don’t have a decent tagline intro. Anyway, it’s the six-month mark (more or less) with another six to go.

daytrip: Toyohashi Natural History Museum

About an hour south of Nagoya, which meant a 3-hour trip for James and I on a somewhat-warmer Saturday.

just greenery and humid air

Went up to Yogo and its self-titled lake on the 8th. I need to start writing these things right after I get back, or it never gets done…

mini-expedition: Nagahama

So I picked up a second 5-day/use train pass, which expires on the 10th. This means that, including today, I need to go somewhere every day to use it all up. This is good, because it pretty much forces to go out and do something lengthy and memorable, or be out der monies. Which would suck pretty hard.

sunset to sunrise, or: koko wa doko desu ka?

Michael finds a reason to wake up before noon; members of the community discuss ramifications and fallout of this radical shift in our understanding of the universe.

the worthier part

The journey versus the destination.

ascetic aethetics

Humidity outside right now is 94%. What the hell.

expedition Tsuruga

Michael, going somewhat crazy, decides that a day at the ocean is what he needs to restore some sanity. Water is good.

biwa stomp

Inauspicious start: realised I forgot my map as I was passing the Seta station bakery; then realised, at Yamashina, I’d neglected to stop in the bakery to get some food. Most excellent. It goes to show that the things I could really use I forget to pack.