I see some strange signs here and there – not just in Japan, and I often have a difficult time trying to decipher just exactly what they’re all about.
I see a sign now though on one of my regular walking routes that I think I have pretty well figured out.
You might be able to get that idea fairly quickly as well. I’d certainly hope so 😉
Here’s the picture:
This week’s walks didn’t have a lot of surprises, well, except that the weather was a lot nicer than I expected it to be.
A couple of years ago I saw this crane that was trying very hard to swallow a fish that was about 12 times bigger than his neck. I think it was a bird about the size of one I posted a picture of a couple of weeks ago. That bird came right up to me on the pathway.
Today I saw  bird perched on a small structure in the edge of the lake at Heiwa Park. I thought it was interesting, so I stopped to watch him for a little while. He was stretching and shaking his wings and head and then just standing very still. No idea what that was all about.
Here are a couple of the pictures I took:
I have been seeing some interesting things on my walks these days and have posted a photo or two along with a video.
I thought it might be nice to share a few photos of part of the pathway where I walk, and I saw these hard working guys as I was getting near the end of my walk.
My walk goes through some forests, some field areas, and it also is along a wood-lined road.
Anyway, here are the pictures from today’s walk!
I had such fun seeing a special performance of Pinocchio.
What was so special? Well, I had a nice date to see it with for one, but it was also a ‘human puppet’ show. The puppets were life size and larger and attached to people, sometimes 3 or 4 people to manage just one puppet.
Oh, and it was performed in Korean 😉
The actors are Japanese who are performing on stage using Korean. This show included dance, songs, and dramatic performances. I really enjoyed it.
Here are a few pictures and hopefully a short video clip for you to see what it was like.
Early this morning as I was walking to my class, I saw what I thought was a snake. I of course didn’t panic, or scream, or jump up on the stairs 😉 But I when I looked closer I realised this was actually a worm, an earthworm, a giant earthworm.
I’ve lived in Japan for almost 15 years, been visiting here regularly for years before that, and I’ve never seen anything like this. One of my friends told me this was nothing unusual at all, and that though they would lie out in the sun the birds didn’t even bother them.
You’d think they would be quite a meal for some bird, right?
There’s a popular expression that says “The early bird gets the worm” but birds weren’t rushing to get this guy.
I know my first thought was they would be an awful lot of worm to put on a hook for fishing 😉
Here are a couple of quick shots I took with my phone.
