Yesterday I went to Lake Suwa to see a fireworks competition that was being held there. Absolutely amazing use of fireworks! I took pics but they of course don’t come out anything like you saw them. Right after they finished, it poured. And I mean it poured!!! The trains were backed up because of all the people and I was standing under my umbrella in a pool of water almost up to my knees, trying desperately to keep my bag dry which contained my only other clean clothes, not to mention my camera. It was one of those surreal moments where at first you are like “Is this really happening? This sucks,” and then it just becomes “Holy crap, this is awesome. *splash, splash*.” Needless to say I didn’t bring a second pair of shoes so soggy feet became the theme for that evening and the next day. The next day, however, was great. Erika drove us back to the Saku area but along the way she decided to take a detour and we ended up randomly going up into the mountains nearby. Crazy, windy roads and hairpin turns kept us wondering if we would make it down alive. Yet, the view from up above was amazing and we chanced upon a cosmos farm. Cosmos are these crazy flowers that grow almost everywhere around here and are really pretty. They come in several shades of pink and purple and white, which makes for an interesting display when you see them along the side of the road or in this case by the thousands in a field. Unfortunately it was raining the whole day but still saw many interesting things. No monkeys yet. Although, we did stop at a nice little vegetable stand where we bought crazy amounts of vegetables for practically nothing. Nothing like a day riding through the cosmos to make you wish that you could do that all day everyday.
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