Kamishibai

Back at it at the Manga Museum, what what! Today was a make-up for what we were supposed to do when the typhoon struck last week. We got into the museum around 3 and at 3:30 they had a special kamishibai performance for us plus some other weirdos who wandered in. Kamishibai was basically some…

Thoughts On Kyoto: Part 2

What a Wednesday! Nothing happened today. I had a nice meeting with my 会話 (かいわ/kaiwa, or conversation) partner and we talked a lot about politics and Japanese vs American school systems and such, which was definitely interesting. But otherwise pretty rainy and lackluster, so I figured it’s time for another ‘thoughts on’ post. People here are…