Holiday

Monday was a national holiday here in Japan, and just like in the states we were blessed with a three day weekend to enjoy some drinks, lie in the sun and nearly forget to post on my blog. It happens...

Anyway, Monday was Health and Sports Day (taiiku no hi), or the day during which the 1964 Olympic Games opened in Tokyo. This day was especially important for the Japanese as it symbolized the successful conclusion to their reconstruction efforts after the ravages of World War II. Like most non-Japanese and Japanese alike, I celebrated with friends and was completely oblivious to the meaning of the holiday. But I still enjoyed it.

Also, last Tuesday thanks to Phil, I attended a Hashin Tigers game at Koshien Stadium near Tomoko’s house. I'm in the process of adding a new pictures section to my homepage at Jedicraft.net and will have the pictures from the baseball game up there in a few days. Needless to say it was a great game with Imaoka and Kanemoto hitting back-to-back homers in the bottom of the fourth inning breaking a nearly 4 inning scoreless tie streak. In the end, unfortunately, the Tigers lost out to the Yokohama Baystars 6-4, but since they clinched the Pennant a week earlier, I think they couldn’t give a shit less.

Wisdom of the Day: Free up your schedule if you intend to run a regularly updated blog.