Break Time.

SPRING BREAK! CANCUN! BODY SHOTS AND FOAM PARTIES!.... uh.. oh wait.. nope, not quite. Break was last week. In Japan it marks the end of one school year- a graduation without a dry eye in the freezing cold gym, and the beginning of another-another ceremony, almost exactly the same as the week before but those big kids in worn out uniforms are replaced with tiny kids in sparkling new uniforms 4 sizes too big.




For our break three friends and I took to the road in a Japan-style road trip. First up was Hakuba; the snowboarders paradise in Japan. Well, that is up until the end of March. The mountain reached above the cloud level and was surrounded by the Japanese Alps. Even though the conditions weren’t great, it was beautiful and pretty cool to say we were boarding in April. (and we had Mexican food! Always a big event in Japan) Then we headed to Kanazawa, which, as you should know if you’re an avid reader of the blog, I visited last year with Dre. Well two of us hadn’t been there and I was a bit, um, under the weather, cough cough, last time. It just happened to be that the day we took to the sights was the only rainy day of the weekend. But it was just a mild drizzle and we managed to take in the splendour of one of the 3 most beautiful gardens in Japan. Next was the Contemporary ArtMuseum- the exhibit included little kids dressed as puppies crawling around an oversized cartoon house. It was.. moving?no, complex?no, odd?yes. After, we went to the fish market and had some BOMB chirashi sushi. In the evening, we headed back to a bar near the hotel and hung out with 1. A former MC 2.A self proclaimed “bad boy” 3. A enzyme chemical biologist assistant professor, who dabbled with the guitar. All around exceptional people. The next day we headed back with a stop off at the Zenkoji Temple in Nagano. It was swarming with people, had a large wooden pillar up, and a celebratory feel. It wasn’t until after we got back did we find out it was the unveiling of the oldest image of Buddha in Japan- an event that happens once every 7 years. Well, due to the immense lines and our impatience, we didn’t see it. I guess I’ll be back 2016.






other thangs.