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Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Saturday, January 18, 2003 |
 What I did today
Today, I...
- Woke up with a really bad cough;
- Held the International Club's kite-making event in Washibe Kominkan;
- Went to Etajima Bowl for lunch with Todaka-san (the Negitoro-donburi is excellent);
- Got an apologetic email from Takedomi-kun;
- Went into Hiroshima with Takedomi-kun, to a sento in Mukainada called 'Yamato no Yu';
- Began to feel really ill;
- Went to Mitchan, the okonomiyaki shop in Fukuya near the railway station, for dinner;
- Realised I had no appetite, so sat with a glass of oolong tea while Takedomi-kun ate his way through an oyster okonomiyaki;
- Caught the final ferry back to Etajima, went straight home, and straight to bed.
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 This morning was the International Club's first event of the year. We made western-style kites, a simple design that nevertheless flies excellently. There were only eight children, which was a little disappointing, although on the other hand small numbers make running the event much easier. It's also good to see that the same children tend to come to each event now.
The majority of the time taken to construct the kites was taken up with the decoration. Everyone decorated their kite differently; one boy chose (for some reason) to write a list of internal organs in kanji... Another boy wrote the four characters'ten-ka-mu-teki', but the way he wrote them made it look like they were supposed to be read 'ten-mu-ka-teki', which earned him quite a bit of teasing!
After decorating the kites, the next stage was to attach a strip of bamboo to strengthen the whole construction. This wasn't particularly difficult, but nevertheless most of the children needed help; I suppose that they're simply not used to doing things for themselves.
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Yamato no Yu
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 Japan A-Z
Sento
A sento is a public bath-house. While onsen are baths with minerals, etc., in their waters, the baths in sento are normally of standard hot water. The emphasis, in other words, is on washing rather than on any curative properties of the water.
Public baths have traditionally played an important role in Japan as a place to relax and interact with one's neighbours. After the war, though, sento customers decreased because people installed baths in their houses. But now sento are again seen as places for relaxation and social interaction.
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Another entry from the sake book. Alcohol and Health: W
Wonderful: Man and alcohol have created wonderful beverage cultures.
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