8.8.20

This was my little kei-car while I was in Japan. Actually, now that I think of it, this was my second car while living in Japan. It is called a Subaru Pleo. For many people who are not familiar with cars in Japan, there is something called a kei- car. This means the engine is a little smaller than that of a “normal” car. They also have a yellow license plate. For what I needed it for, it did the trick. I lived five minutes from school, so it was very convenient to take on the super hot, or rainy days. Otherwise, I tried to walk when I had time to do so. I do have to say one thing though; I would not trust this car for long distance, strenuous trips. Though it would be able to, I would probably compare it to an American Mini Cooper, or maybe even a Scion xB. Nevertheless, it was interesting to learn to drive on the opposite side of the road.

xoxo,e

8.7.20

This picture was taken in a friends garden. I met this friend while I was living in Japan. She was a well known high school English teacher who loved to cook. This woman gave up her job as being a teacher to pursue her dream of teaching people how to cook. She invited me to her house to pick vegetables and bamboo, then she taught me how to cook one of Miyazaki’s famous dishes, chicken namban (fried chicken with a tartar like sauce). This picture is of me its the bamboo shoot I picked from her garden. Tens of mosquito bites later, i’d say it was a great experience.

xoxo,e

8.6.20

What do you think this is? This picture is a bunch of small wooden dragonfly carvings. I went to pick blueberries near my house, and the blueberry farm owner also had a wood carving hobby. There were tons of wooden sculptures around his workshop. He told me that each dragonfly takes a few hours to make. There was also a bunch of dragonflies he arranged to look like a symphony. Each dragonfly was playing a musical instrument. It’s always nice to be a jack of all trades, isn’t it?

xoxo,e