ダニエルの冒険

At lunch today I saw some policemen block off a street. After work I came by and there was a little festival going on there. There were stands set up at each end of the street, selling coupons for food and drinks, which you can exchange once you get inside. I bought some more kakigori (that’s the shaved ice I mentioned in another post) and watched a band play hawaiian music while a girl in a blue yukata danced the hula on a stage.

There’s something really enchanting about the summer evenings here. It’s so warm that it’s still messing with my head, though. I leave and get a rush of warm air, and then feel like I’m going in somewhere, because the concept of “outside = cold” is so deeply embedded in my mind. I’ve left chocolate outside and it’s melted because I wasn’t thinking of the possibility of anything melting outside, and if it gets warm the idea of opening a window still comes to mind.

Taking it easy again tonight but tomorrow I’ll meet Saharu in Ueno and have a quick dinner before she has to go back to Gunma.

Anyway, my washing is almost done!

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