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So where's that typhoon that's supposed to be hitting Tokyo right now? It's the weekend of both the local festival at the Hataoka Hachiman Shrine near my place, and the Senzokuike festival, so there's been mini-parades with music and portable shrines all weekend, as well as food stalls all over the place =D It's super sunny out, and I went for a nice long walk around the neighborhood. It suddenly rained for a bit just as I was meeting up with some friends at Senzokuike, but it cleared up again just as quickly.
Kagura dance *-*
I made sure to be back by 2PM because that's when the latest forecast said it would start raining, but it's almost 3 now and there's still nothing but sun ☼ Oh well, I got all my groceries, so I guess I'm staying in and cooking myself a big pot of curry for dinner (and dinner tomorrow, and the day after, lol) Maybe I'll go to the bathhouse once it starts raining, so hopefully it'll be quiet there. They're doing a special Sudachi (lime) bath for the festival, and a free drink of Ramune for all guests, so I can't miss out on that >w<
It's so lively it's hard to believe a typhoon is really coming... >w<
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Yesterday I biked to Shinjuku to take my bicycle back to the shop for a check-up. When I bought it, they recommeded that you have it checked after about a month, or after riding about 100km, but I'm pretty sure I've already ridden about 600km since I bought it, lol. They laughed pretty hard when I said that. xD The front brake had been acting a bit weird since the day somebody knocked my bike over at the company's parking space =( So it was nice to get it realigned, and apparently the first check-up was free too. =D They said they could do everything in about 30 minutes if I was in a hurry, but I asked if they could keep my bike for about 2 or 3 hours so I could do some shopping and go to the cinema in the meanwhile (without having to pay for parking, lol), and they could. They actually seemed to prefer that, because they were quite busy.
I was already counting on being able to do that, 'cause I'd bought a ticket for the 14:50 screening of the Violet Evergarden movie. It was sold out when I got there, so It was good that I did! I usually don't go and see anime movies unless it's for a top favorite franchise (I'm only vaguely familiar with Violet Evergarden after watching the anime once last year) but I thought it'd be a nice way to help support Kyoto Animation in whatever way I can. ;_; I suppose a lot of people had the same idea, since most screenings for the day were sold out. And it was a beautiful movie! The story was so sweet, though a little bittersweet, though that's not too different from the stories in the TV series. But you don't really need to be familiar with the seires to be able to enjoy the movie, since it works fine as a stand-alone story. But it definitely helps knowing about Violet's background, 'cause she meets a girl who's somewhat similar to her. And it was fun seeing all the side characters appear, too. And the art was absolutely gorgeous, especially on the big screen. *-* If the next movie comes out next year, I'd definitely go and see it too, though I hope that KyoAni takes as much time as they need to recover.
The ticket also came with a bonus booklet which looks to have a short story (novel) in it as well. I'm looking forward to reading it!
Kagura dance *-*
I made sure to be back by 2PM because that's when the latest forecast said it would start raining, but it's almost 3 now and there's still nothing but sun ☼ Oh well, I got all my groceries, so I guess I'm staying in and cooking myself a big pot of curry for dinner (and dinner tomorrow, and the day after, lol) Maybe I'll go to the bathhouse once it starts raining, so hopefully it'll be quiet there. They're doing a special Sudachi (lime) bath for the festival, and a free drink of Ramune for all guests, so I can't miss out on that >w<
It's so lively it's hard to believe a typhoon is really coming... >w<
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Yesterday I biked to Shinjuku to take my bicycle back to the shop for a check-up. When I bought it, they recommeded that you have it checked after about a month, or after riding about 100km, but I'm pretty sure I've already ridden about 600km since I bought it, lol. They laughed pretty hard when I said that. xD The front brake had been acting a bit weird since the day somebody knocked my bike over at the company's parking space =( So it was nice to get it realigned, and apparently the first check-up was free too. =D They said they could do everything in about 30 minutes if I was in a hurry, but I asked if they could keep my bike for about 2 or 3 hours so I could do some shopping and go to the cinema in the meanwhile (without having to pay for parking, lol), and they could. They actually seemed to prefer that, because they were quite busy.
I was already counting on being able to do that, 'cause I'd bought a ticket for the 14:50 screening of the Violet Evergarden movie. It was sold out when I got there, so It was good that I did! I usually don't go and see anime movies unless it's for a top favorite franchise (I'm only vaguely familiar with Violet Evergarden after watching the anime once last year) but I thought it'd be a nice way to help support Kyoto Animation in whatever way I can. ;_; I suppose a lot of people had the same idea, since most screenings for the day were sold out. And it was a beautiful movie! The story was so sweet, though a little bittersweet, though that's not too different from the stories in the TV series. But you don't really need to be familiar with the seires to be able to enjoy the movie, since it works fine as a stand-alone story. But it definitely helps knowing about Violet's background, 'cause she meets a girl who's somewhat similar to her. And it was fun seeing all the side characters appear, too. And the art was absolutely gorgeous, especially on the big screen. *-* If the next movie comes out next year, I'd definitely go and see it too, though I hope that KyoAni takes as much time as they need to recover.
The ticket also came with a bonus booklet which looks to have a short story (novel) in it as well. I'm looking forward to reading it!