Once Upon a Time in Japan: Asakusa
Yumi and I made plans to meet up at the Minami Koshigaya train station for our day together. I got there and there was an LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, rally there. Its the reigning party of Japan. The one Prime Minister Koizumi is in. Its pretty much the only party that really matters there. They have been in power for like 50 years unbroken except for about 4 years in the 90s.
Yumi was surprised to see the rally because the place was really crowded and she was also kinda star struck because the people standing on top of the van spouting lies to the Japanese people were quite famous. Yumi sees them on TV almost everyday, when she's in Japan. They are always in the news. I got some video.
We decided to go to Asakusa, which has a very old/traditional street. It also has the largest lanterns in japan apparently. The old traditional street was covered with tourist shops dealing in traditional styled items. Mostly made today. They also had a bunch of Power Rangers and Ultraman toys. I totally wanted to see Voltron, but to no avail.
We walked around the city. Walked down by the river. Bought things for family and friends. It was a good time.
We headed back and Yumi had to go to her folks to attend to some family matters. I went off to Omiya station to buy an Airport destined train for tomorrow. There was only one train from Omiya and that was at 9am so I would have to hang at the airport for 4 hours. Great. Just what I wanted.
After that I met up with Yumi later and we had dinner and hung out. We then had to say our saddened goodbyes. Being with her the past week was wonderful.
well, goodnite.