We all saw THAT one coming...

So far, during my journey to the mainland i have been quite lucky.

In Tokyo, i finally met Toshi--who's house i have been staying at in Menno Village--and had an awesome time with her and her family. Incredibly kind and fun people. They cooked all the best foods Japan has to offer and they never hesitate to answer a Japanese language question. We visited the Asakusa Temple there and i had to try out the fortune telling thing. It's a sort of wall of tiny numbered drawers, you shake out a numbered stick from a can and open the corresponding drawer. In it, there is a paper with your fortune. I got--and i quote--"the best fortune". The sick will be healed, treasures in vehicles will come to your door, etc. etc. Awesome.

Then when i paid for a ramen meal in Kyoto, i got a 2000 yen bill which are apparently out of print. Michiko, a couchsurfer i was with, said i was lucky.

I was so lucky.

Until i lost my camera in Kyoto.

Of COURSE that would happen. I'm sure it musta been on some cosmic all time top ten most likely things to happen list. So stupid. 444 pictures of Japan, lost. Now some lucky sap has pictures of me eating ramen and of flowers beside run-down shacks and of Menno Village and all the people there.

I suppose on the plus side, i've been writing and drawing a lot more. I am enjoying that. And at least i didn't loose my passport or my money. So, i guess it's not all bad. It's just i won't be able to show people what i did in Japan the traditional photo way.