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There's a lot to observe in a burning cigarette.
I went out to the museum and Nankinmachi, today. It was good, I was glad.
Walking through one of the big shopping areas--"Center Street"... I like moving through crowds like that. I like the way people move in streams, it's relaxing and meditative to read them, see through them, passing in stride, etc. I'll miss that.
The museum was the regular collection. I'd wanted to see that. It was good ; Kobe's got some amazing pieces. Before today, I'd only gone for visiting exhibitions, so, it was good...
After I made my way to Nankinmachi. Political rallies... It's interesting to watch the crowds like that.
I decided to eat at one of the good sit-down restaurants. I hadn't done that,yet--just gone down for street food and whatnot. The restaurant I ate at was kismet, I swear. The food was excellent, somehow it was very beautiful. The tea was so good--hot jasmine--and the smell was especially beautiful. They were decked for the dinner crowd so there were candles and glass. The music was really well-chosen also. I was nearly overwhelmed at one moment. I spent about an hour and a half on that meal and it seemed like just a long five minutes.
On the way back I went to the Motomachi shopping district, which runs right alongside Nankinmachi, and got a half-pack of cloves. I wanted that old smell, the glow, the crackling. I was smoking one and looking at the sky when I realized there's a lot to it, really.
Anyway, as I was heading home, everyone else was heading out to play. I wanted to stay out and play, too, but there's not much point to that and I should save my money. And so on.
I really want to listen to some albums in candlelight and drink a lot of nihonshuu. But I won't. About twenty seconds after I made that post about accepting drinking as my one vice I knew it was a lie. I can't really accept my own vices. Then I got this news about being banished to the countryside, again. It's better if I just not drink at all and find some other way to be mischievous. I never learn.
There's a lot to observe in a burning cigarette.
I went out to the museum and Nankinmachi, today. It was good, I was glad.
Walking through one of the big shopping areas--"Center Street"... I like moving through crowds like that. I like the way people move in streams, it's relaxing and meditative to read them, see through them, passing in stride, etc. I'll miss that.
The museum was the regular collection. I'd wanted to see that. It was good ; Kobe's got some amazing pieces. Before today, I'd only gone for visiting exhibitions, so, it was good...
After I made my way to Nankinmachi. Political rallies... It's interesting to watch the crowds like that.
I decided to eat at one of the good sit-down restaurants. I hadn't done that,yet--just gone down for street food and whatnot. The restaurant I ate at was kismet, I swear. The food was excellent, somehow it was very beautiful. The tea was so good--hot jasmine--and the smell was especially beautiful. They were decked for the dinner crowd so there were candles and glass. The music was really well-chosen also. I was nearly overwhelmed at one moment. I spent about an hour and a half on that meal and it seemed like just a long five minutes.
On the way back I went to the Motomachi shopping district, which runs right alongside Nankinmachi, and got a half-pack of cloves. I wanted that old smell, the glow, the crackling. I was smoking one and looking at the sky when I realized there's a lot to it, really.
Anyway, as I was heading home, everyone else was heading out to play. I wanted to stay out and play, too, but there's not much point to that and I should save my money. And so on.
I really want to listen to some albums in candlelight and drink a lot of nihonshuu. But I won't. About twenty seconds after I made that post about accepting drinking as my one vice I knew it was a lie. I can't really accept my own vices. Then I got this news about being banished to the countryside, again. It's better if I just not drink at all and find some other way to be mischievous. I never learn.