Posting from a mac!
Yep, you read that right. It's not willingly, though. Two days ago, my laptop sudden began exhibiting extremely alarming behavior (read: freezing solid 3-5 minutes after starting up). Fortunately, I'd already backed up most of my important stuff (except my Morrowind installation with mods GRRRRRR), so if they have to replace it completely it's no big loss except for my saved games. Still...ugh.
We went to two festivals this week. The first was the Onomichi Port Festival, where softlykarou got to dress up in a kimono. We went for a tour of the temples in the city after that, though we couldn't stay too long since we needed to return the kimono. Yesterday, we went to Sandankyou, a small town in the mountains, for their spring festival. While we arrived late (because I overslept) we still managed to see the end of a performance of Yamata no Orochi and stand in the crowd for the mochi-catching.
Afterwards, we went on a walk to find the waterfall (the aforementioned Sandankyou, which is something like "three-stepped falls." Unfortunately, we took a wrong turn and went completely the opposite way. It was quite pretty, and there were a number of smaller waterfalls along the way, though, so it wasn't wasted time. It was a bit odd how there was a 1.5-meter-wide path along the edge of the river (4 meters or so below us, with rocks all around it) and no handrails anywhere. Safety first?
We went to two festivals this week. The first was the Onomichi Port Festival, where softlykarou got to dress up in a kimono. We went for a tour of the temples in the city after that, though we couldn't stay too long since we needed to return the kimono. Yesterday, we went to Sandankyou, a small town in the mountains, for their spring festival. While we arrived late (because I overslept) we still managed to see the end of a performance of Yamata no Orochi and stand in the crowd for the mochi-catching.
Afterwards, we went on a walk to find the waterfall (the aforementioned Sandankyou, which is something like "three-stepped falls." Unfortunately, we took a wrong turn and went completely the opposite way. It was quite pretty, and there were a number of smaller waterfalls along the way, though, so it wasn't wasted time. It was a bit odd how there was a 1.5-meter-wide path along the edge of the river (4 meters or so below us, with rocks all around it) and no handrails anywhere. Safety first?