Ka-boom

As the ever increasing heat descends upon Japan, so too does the 5 week long summer vacation enjoyed by myself and the entire population of Japanese school students. It also brings the opportunity to indulge in one of Japans' favourite pastimes: eating drinking and being merry under one of the many fireworks displays taking place around the city. This is also known as Hanabi- but is not to be confused with Hanami (eating drinking and being merry under the cherry blossoms). On Sunday night I ventured to Yokohama for my first Hanabi. It was a pretty impressive display which lasted for about an hour, but I think the real highlight was seeing a lot girls dressed in the traditional Japanese Yukata in such a modern setting.






On Monday I attended a Yukata wearing lesson with some of the students from school. I learnt that the Yukata really should be left to Japanese girls because to be honest foreign girls just look kinda silly. Or perhaps that was just me.



And because one themed restaurant in a week is never enough….
Eiri decided to have her birthday dinner at Princess Heart in Ginza. Not sure I'd want to put myself through it again but it was kawaii (cute) enough. And my salad had a face. Awesome.