Obon Week

So, because i'm bored i've decided tonight is the night that i fill you in on all sorts of stuff. Woohoo for all my lovely readers.

This week i enjoyed a lovely 5-day weekend due to the fabulous Japanese holiday of Obon. Obon is the time of year that all good Japanese Buddhists honor their ancestors by reuniting as a a familyl and traveling to the gravesites of departed family members. The closest thing i could get to a family reunion in Japan was a partial reunion of the Tit Pit (my college girl friends) by visiting Rachel (more affectionately known as The Pants. See her blog at rachelring.blogspot.com) in her town in Mie Prefecture. While she has already covered the basics, let me just say we enjoyed one anothers' company, cable TV with english channels, Mexican food, fabulous naps, a whole lot of walking, and discovering new flavors of Chu-hi, a flavored japanese beverage. Here we are, kampei-ing with our margs and me, reveling in the beauty of a bowl of guac. What a lovely Obon holiday.