Hey, I only had ONE day of classes last week, Wednesday, because of the university festival.
And because last week would be so easy, my wife and I went on a little trip to Matsue, Yonego, and Izumo. Matsue Castle is lovely (check out those amazing stone walls!). Also in Matsue, we went to Lafcadio Hearn's house, where he wrote about his compact and expansive gardens, and also to an Inari Jinja (fox shrine) he liked. The lake at Matsue is also beautiful (though we failed to see the sunset there, which is supposedly one of the three most beautiful sunset spots in Japan). AND we went to Sakaiminato, hometown of Mizuki Shigeru, creator of the popular monster-family manga Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro. AND we climbed up the steep mountain in Yonego to see its stone castle foundation ruins (people in the 19th century burned all the castle structure in their ofuro (baths)). It is really lucky to be living in Japan, to be able to see so many historical, cultural, beautiful, mysterious etc. things. (and the food is great!) This coming week will be back to the usual challenging schedule, until the end of the school year... Let's go!
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