Hofu Flea Market 2

It is strange to be at the point where I've already written about these things before. I never thought that I would re-contract...I thought I'd be home to America by now. But here I am. A year has gone by since last year's annual flea market.

Wonder if there will be a third flea market to write about...

So this picture is suppose to be at the very bottom, but that means that I needed to upload it first, and I forgot. I can't drag it down. Blogspot annoys me more than sporadically.

So pretend this is on the bottom. After finishing going around the flea market, we went to see a live production of Carmen. It was really difficult for me to understand. I don't speak French, and the Japanese was hard and fast! But it was fun to watch. I will continue to watch Japanese movies and such without subtitles, because it's the best way to practice!

Hello Mr. Policeperson Pufferfish! Or is it blowfish? Whichever it is, in Japanese, its Fugu. And it's my prefecture's specialty cuisine.

This year, Chris came down from Shimonoseki, which is great. There is Christina and Yoko. Yoko is a good friend. She is a T.V. maniac just like myself. Her favorite television show is "The 4400" and she knows about all shows! Shows that any given Japanese person has never heard of. We are currently watching "The Event" together.

You can see all the people in the Shotengai (covered shopping area). It's nice to see it busy, because more than 50% of the shop spaces in the Shotengai are vacant. The economy is really struggling around our area.

More fast cars! I like last year's better.