Whole Wheat Biscuit-flavored Katkats

A bag of 14 minis for $2 USD.



Tastes a little like peanut butter biscuits, but with a very grainy texture.
Give me a break.

Toyama Mother's Day Chalk Art

Chalk art for Toyama beauty salon, for Mother's Day. "If you can't afford roses, you can't afford us."

Boy's Day KFC

Colonel: "Now, it's extra cheesy."

Event 2, 210503

As I wrote yesterday, I walked to Stone Bridge Park on Monday. It's about a 45-minute walk, and at the old Kagoshima train station, I passed by this exercise and entertainment park. Here, they had a dance stage, with students from one of the dance studios strutting around to copyrighted J-pop music. Restricted entrance inside the netting surrounding the dome shell, so I stayed outside and shot a couple photos through the netting. No point in taking video, since the dancing wasn't very good, and the music would get me blocked on youtube.



"Strut your bad self."
Or, is it "Yourself strutting badly"...?

Event 1, 210503

Japan has it's big Golden Week holiday period from April 29th to May 5th this year (Thur.-Wed.) On Sunday, I walked by Central Park, and noticed workers putting up food stalls (yatai). Couldn't see any signs indicating what the event was for.



A small stage, so either live music, announcements, or dancing.



I've been doing a lot of walking around the city the last couple of weeks, partly to take time lapse video for my fastwalk series on youtube, and partly for shooting introductions for my Black Chamber recreational cryptography video series. On Monday, I headed back to Ishibashi koen (Stone Bridge Park) to shoot more video, and ended up passing by Central Park again. The sign says something about working towards a bright future, but I can't read much more of the kanji. The image is of Sakurajima erupting, which may or may not be relevant.



So, yeah, something is definitely going on, but it seems to be food stalls only right now.



Not all that many people stopping by to eat, though.



Nothing on stage, and almost no one in the cordoned-off picnic area. Temperature measurements at the gate, facial recognition and I think writing down your phone number for tracking purposes to get in the restricted area. A lot more people in the rest of the park also picnicking, but BYOFood.

Takes Guts

Ink art board for a pharmacy inside the Shiroyama grocery store, advertising stomach medicine.



Now you know what a happy intestine looks like.

Cie'na Carp Chalk

New chalk art at the Cie'na coffee shop. I don't trust it. Seems fishy to me.