glimpses

I didn't realize that women still wore kimonos for daily life. I've seen several of them on the subway.

Yoriko's sister's house has an elevator. A bunch of Star Wars and baseball figures decorate inside the elevator.

Yoriko's sister got this done near the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. I want to make one!

These cute little demon toys were everywhere in China and Thailand too. This one decorate's Yoriko's tv.

The schedule Yoriko wrote for our week.

Yoriko and her mini coke container used to hold little candies.

Delicous snails I pulled off the belt at a sushi bar.

Sushi bar.

School children posing for a picture in front of a temple.

A girl doing a ritual inside a Buddhist temple.

That's me. I'm happier than I look.

These men threw soybeans into a crowds of thousands for the Setsubun festival. People scrambled to pick up and eat as many soybeans as their age. Yoriko wanted me to, but I couldn't stop taking pictures. Setsubun is a festival that celebrates the opposite of Winter solstice. Spring is coming! Also, all of the men who threw soybeans had been born in the year of the cow. Yoriko told me so many interesting things about this festival. I need to read more about it on Wikipedia!