I am a cat!
Today we went to Kawachi machi on the way to Tensui in Tamana. Walking around Tougenochaya, where Souseki's spirits are still hanging around, I was greeted by a cat. I remember doing a research project on MANEKI NEKO when I was an exchange student at KYOTO GAIKOKUGO DAIGAKU. There is a bit of Japanese folklore with a cat motif. I started thinking about how odd we really must be from that cat's perspective. He/she didn't look hungry-- not too skinny like those stray cats at the temple. Yet, the cat seemed to be following us. I wondered if it was trying to tell us something. Cats must think we are so weird. We are. (BTW, one of SOUSEKI's best novels is titled I AM A CAT.)



We had DAGOJIRU after a nice stroll and drove up the mountain to KUSAMAKURA ONSEN for more SOUSEKI. It was a drizzly cool evening, so the sunset wasn't too splendid, but the view was still dawnting. The cold air felt so good and I gave myself a facial and took my sweet time bathing.

After heading back to the city, we went to JYUJYU and had a very strange OKONOMIYAKI.  ¶ viernes, enero 26, 2007