day 13 - ninjutsu!!

16/06/07 23:14
today was fun. takuya went to work so he wasn`t here, but both of the parents were. because the weather was good (really, too good for the rainy season since i got here), we drove to igaueno, the site of an old and famous ninja village. the ride was two hours and i read a lot (gonna need another book before long). the village was a bit in the mountains, but that`s normal. all of japan is basically full of mountains. where there aren`t any, the people built huge cities and urban areas. so the landscape was nice and it really made me want to go hiking (soon, soon). the village itself was fun, too. there was another castle (though a small one) and an old ninja house where the staff demonstrated all the hidden doors and staircases. that was cool (and now i want to buy lots of naruto manga). back here we went to the mother of mrs. sakamoto where we had a great dinner, and we watched tv. i couldn`t really follow the program, some kind of comedy show, but as usual it was all very flashy and colourful (anyone remember the tv-show on "lost in translation"? it really is that way). tomorrow i`ll move to kyoto--