IrishOboe

Mark and I were dead tired when we met Niko at the library to go to the Isawa fireworks festival, but I was impressed with how well we did and how much we enjoyed it despite our state of exhaustion.  On the way to Niko’s place she stopped to by us and Lena (her daughter, though I don’t know how to spell it) bento, which is like a premade lunchbox meal.  It was actually good, and it might be a nice alternative to packing my lunch sometimes.  Of course she wouldn’t let us pay for it.  The traffic was so terrible when we arrived that Niko dropped us (Lenna, Mark and me) off and she went someplace to find a spot, but she ended up waiting somewhere because there were no places!  This festival was even more crowded than Ichikawadaimon because there was less space even though there were fewer people.  Every square inch of space anywhere was occupied.  It felt like all of Japan had come to this place, which makes me rethink just how many people there are in Japan . . .