Technological Breakthroughs

Hmm. I hope that no one is reading this expecting to learn something exciting about the space program. Actually, I just found out how to add images, so now I can post the pictures that should have accompanied my previous ramblings. Wooooo.


First up: festivals











Streamers . . .














Lanterns . . .





Shrines and vendors . . .















. . . and the main event, Kagura.




And just for fun, what by the light of the camera flash turned out to be two baby boars in a cage in the dark alley. Definitely uncute, but apparently delicious enough that people stop to pick them up if they hit them or find them dead in the road. One teacher thoughtfully brought a frozen one into school to share and spent the morning in the little staffroom kitchenette using a hacksaw to divvy it up.
Very generous, but I think I’ll stick to tofu.