This past weekend I went to visit Nagasaki for the lantern festival. The weather was really nice and I had a good time overall, but the lantern festival was extremely crowded, and so I didn’t get to see as much as I would have liked. I could have tried to squish in more, but I am not a fan of huge crushing crowds, and so I decided that it wasn’t worth the extra squashing. I also went to visit the Dejima reconstruction, which was neat. I like the sorts of places which try to show you how people used to live with furniture and food and such. I particularly liked the wallpaper, but it certainly looked like it was a pain to put up.I had some delicious Nagasaki Champon, as well. It’s a type of Chinese-style chicken soup with various shellfish and fish and cabbage and things in, and the bowl I got was nice and peppery and tasty.
The weather has been nice for most of this week, but I hear it’s getting worse starting today, and we may well have a big storm tonight. Hopefully the weather isn’t too bad for my lesson tomorrow!