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Awajishima Shima Matsuri – Awa Odori
The Awa Odori is originally from Tokushima, but there’s a fair sized turnout in Sumoto every year as well. This year, both the crowd and the number of dancers were…
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C. BUDDHA’S CONTACT INFO
E-mail: cosmicbuddha AT gmail DOT com …………… Skype name: cosmicbuddha
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Bora Point
Old mullet point, down near Suhama bridge.
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20 THINGS IT TAKES (insert variable) YEARS TO LEARN
Originally by Dave Barry, I believe, but mailed to me from a friend in Singapore. Universal truths are indeed universal: 1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and…
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Fo tha Ho
This one is for the Big Ho, who once wrote to me about his one-eyed cat and how it likes eating used Q-Tips: WHY DO CATS LIKE EATING EARWAX ??…
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Osteophage Society Memberships Available Now!
A tribute to everyone who visited/called this weekend: The Undrinkable Cocktail Thanks to you all for leaving the airag at home… Last night I watched the fireworks and slept very,…
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Remembering Hiroshima
…has been postponed for the time being in lieu of: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! Celebrations started early this year, and I have one last party to get to before the…
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PETA, Rejoice!
… for I will never eat sharkfin soup again. Yesterday I was in Himeji on a business trip. After our meetings, we went to the top of Himeji castle in…
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Blueface
Himeji monkey.
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Himeji-jo
Himeji castle.
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Got to the top and melted
The view from the sixth floor of Himeji castle.
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NHK Fee Collectors
NHK is the national public broadcasting station in Japan. They send subscription fee collectors to seemingly every front door in the nation on a semi-regular basis, and in my experience,…
