I'm so bored I think I might die.
I'm at one of the Secondary (Junior High) schools which I got to almost every Tuesday and Wednesday, and as it's almost the end of the Japanese school year, which ends in March and starts in April, the students have exams...which means they don't need me in the lessons. I had no classes the whole of yesterday and none today, as they're rehearsing for the Graduation Ceremony. Had I'd have known I'd be sitting on my arse all day I would've brought more things to do. I think I'm going a little crazy.
I went trekking round Hokkaido again at the weekend. This time, I was kindly taken to see the 'ryuhyo' (流氷)...except, there was no ryuhyo The translation used for "ryuhyo" is "drift ice"; which is basically what it is; drifting ice across the sea. You can read more about it here. However, we had a sudden temperature rise last week and a lot of snow had started to melt, so the drift ice had well...drifted away.
Still, I'd never been to the place-near-the-sea-which-I-forgot-the-name-of, and as hotel bookings had been made and whatnot we still decided to go.
What we did manage to see, was the 'Aurora Fantasy' light show. Aurora, is when you can see natural light displays in the sky, which normally occur at night in the polar regions (see more here. Though you can't view actual aurora in Hokkaido today, it is said that many years ago it actually happened, and so representation is done through a show of electric lights and music in memory of it. It was actually pretty good, but quite cold sitting outside on the snow! And, as with all fantastic trips around Japan, there was onsen (natural spring baths, 温泉). I'm getting addicted to those.
Oh, and ZOMG GUESSWHUT11!!!111
I'm able to confess my undying love to the gorgeous, talented lady herself, Ringo Shena (椎名林檎）, at her gig with Tokyo Jihen （東京事変） in April!!! sdfkjsdlfkjsdkfj After 8 years of fangirling over her and her music, my life is now complete ♥
Oh, and go buy their new album - it will rock your socks off.
I should really get round to adding photos to this blog...
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