The long way home – how did it get colder?
Getting up the next morning at 6:30am was murder. It was really difficult to leave my warm, comfortable bunk for the cold outside and a long day of transit.
Marina and I hopped a train to the airport and had a nice breakfast there. After an uneventful two hour flight, we arrived back in Osaka, had a pizza lunch, and grabbed another train back to Kyoto. From Kyoto, we trained it YET AGAIN to Kameoka and began our drive home. It was essentially a day of trains, planes and automobile. We polished off the evening with a kaiten sushi dinner and I picked Kirby up from Yumi’s house and went home to go to bed fairly early.
It was depressing going home only because it was colder in my bed than I had felt the entire time in Hokkaido. Hokkaido, the snowiest coldest place in Japan. Figures.
Today was a day off from work though, which is excellent! It’s ‘National Foundation Day’, or 建国記念の日.
Here are some facts about this national holiday:
o Japanese people celebrate Emperor Jimmu, the first mythical emperor of Japan. It’s to honor and celebrate his imperial line as well as the country’s birthday.
o It became a holiday in the late 19th century when Japan adopted the Gregorian (Roman) calendar.
o Japanese people may put up a flag or two, but other than that it’s a fairly boring, tradition-less holiday where people don’t have to go to work. Amen to that!
Marina and I hopped a train to the airport and had a nice breakfast there. After an uneventful two hour flight, we arrived back in Osaka, had a pizza lunch, and grabbed another train back to Kyoto. From Kyoto, we trained it YET AGAIN to Kameoka and began our drive home. It was essentially a day of trains, planes and automobile. We polished off the evening with a kaiten sushi dinner and I picked Kirby up from Yumi’s house and went home to go to bed fairly early.It was depressing going home only because it was colder in my bed than I had felt the entire time in Hokkaido. Hokkaido, the snowiest coldest place in Japan. Figures.
Today was a day off from work though, which is excellent! It’s ‘National Foundation Day’, or 建国記念の日.
Here are some facts about this national holiday:
o Japanese people celebrate Emperor Jimmu, the first mythical emperor of Japan. It’s to honor and celebrate his imperial line as well as the country’s birthday.
o It became a holiday in the late 19th century when Japan adopted the Gregorian (Roman) calendar.
o Japanese people may put up a flag or two, but other than that it’s a fairly boring, tradition-less holiday where people don’t have to go to work. Amen to that!
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