花見！
I know, I know, I should have updated long before now. But as always, the thought of trying to catch up with my Kyushu trip leaves my knees a knocking. For now, I'll say aside from getting sick and such, it was awesome. If I had to choose a city to live in for the rest of my life, I might just choose Nagasaki. There was much history, many cool museums, pretty scenery, rather good weather for the most part and the weirdest vending machine in Japan in my love hotel room. (hahaha! Darth Vader... hahahaha!)
When I finish going through my photos and uploading them I'll start describing it in more detail. But for now, I have experienced hanami.
What is hanami? Literally it refers to flower-watching (specifically cherry blossoms.) Culturally, it refers to sitting underneath the cherry trees with friends and drinking copious amounts of alcohol, whilst appreciating the blossoms. Sometimes, if you're part of a well organized and well connected group, there may even be a karaoke machine involved. (the second stalwart presence of a Japanese party...first beer then karaoke) My group however was more spur of the moment so it only involved convinience store booze (for me a tipsy ride home) and ramen after being caught in a downpour.
As a final thought, I saw this today, and I'm calling troll. If not, this is a prefect example of why there are such things as mad cow disease running rampant through our world. Don't make horses eat cows!
When I finish going through my photos and uploading them I'll start describing it in more detail. But for now, I have experienced hanami.
What is hanami? Literally it refers to flower-watching (specifically cherry blossoms.) Culturally, it refers to sitting underneath the cherry trees with friends and drinking copious amounts of alcohol, whilst appreciating the blossoms. Sometimes, if you're part of a well organized and well connected group, there may even be a karaoke machine involved. (the second stalwart presence of a Japanese party...first beer then karaoke) My group however was more spur of the moment so it only involved convinience store booze (for me a tipsy ride home) and ramen after being caught in a downpour.
As a final thought, I saw this today, and I'm calling troll. If not, this is a prefect example of why there are such things as mad cow disease running rampant through our world. Don't make horses eat cows!