You know what this place needs? More power outlets, or at least ones that are actually practical instead of one in the middle of the hallway and a few on top of the beds with no surface to rest on.
It’s the start of the month too, so let’s do The Usual.
Mentally there’s definitely a sense of wanting to get going with my own individual endeavors but being afraid that SOMETHING will pop up and then at the deepest level just feeling stuck.
It forecasts that the month will start by checking my own limits, it will continue into finding new perspectives on my job, and will end with some sudden independence-related realization.
On the whole the vibe of the month is one of wanting to do cool stuff while responsabilities and such get in the way.
Yeah, that’s most definitely the way things have been going….
Ya boy is feeling the adventure today, particularly on my legs. Which of course led to me cursing the stairs under my breath as I went down.
All the time thinking about it all did give me enough time to consider what my next step should be, though.
So here’s the thing: There’s a typhoon coming, meaning that despite the weather being nice right now, it’s gonna be rainy as hell tomorrow. One of the things I wanted to do was buy souvenirs so I then decided to prioritize that today since businesses might close tomorrow. Either as a precaution or assuming that the rain means less people will visit.
While showering another thought related to that also crossed my mind: I should check for a way to send my stuff back home in advance so that at return time I only carry the doll bag and my backpack at most.
So that’s what I did while I took the cab to Ise Jingu, I filled in the online forms so Yamato Transport can pick my shit up. I doubted myself for a second when it asked if all three sides were under 2m, but then I remembered that, yeah, they have to be.
Here’s a funny story about the cab though. So yesterday I used DiDi (Japanese equivalent to Uber, basically) and I get a white car being ridden by a guy named Yamanaka. A detail I remember because I thought it said Nakayama first for some reason.
Today I order another cab with the same app, I see the same white model of car and also being driven by one Nakayama and I’m like “well damn, did I get the same guy?”.
Nope, I didn’t even get a guy, I got a lady. Which made it all even funnier.
Happy Pride Month, everyone!
So to Ise Jingu I went! The mood was more “go buy stuff” than usual, not helped by the fact that it was already like 3PM meaning things would close sorta kinda soon.
I got some alcohol, some cool rocks, one omamori against evil for me (haven’t forgotten my Haunting Experiences), and then some Gyukatsu.
I’m a self-professed Aoshima Megu fan, so I tend to focus on the pearls and the shrimp and forget that Matsusaka of Matsusaka Beef fame IS in Mie so beef is also a famous thing they’ve got around here.
Speaking of Megu, after picking the artbook they released of her and some other snacks, I made my way back. Shout outs to the cab because the ojiisan was like “I’ll stop the meter right now so it stays at exactly 5000. We’re close by anyways.”
I make it with some sun outside still, so I grab Mikan to take some pics I wanted to do. I figured I can get her and then try to get the ones I wanna do with Akane and Akari.
I’m still trying to figure Mikan out, the only thing I’ve got nailed down is a sense of “if there’s any of the girls to be Extra Indulgent with, it’s probably her”.
And on that note, since everything was quiet and desolate I figured I could try something spicier.
Not bad, but missing… something. One adjustment and change of pose later…
Absolutely obvious, but turns out that a cowprint bikini is even better with a more passive pose like a cow in the field. This will be VERY useful because I’ve actually got a couple more of these I wanna try out.
And just for good measure…
All in the name of experimenting.
The bottom kept shifting by itself by the way, I’d fix it and next thing I know I check the photos and it’s shifted sideways again.
This was all in front of the villa I was staying at, so I came back for the other girls and headed out only to find out that the next-closest access to the beach I wanted was blocked as private property… By the time I made it to the next one it would dark and bleeeeeeeeh…
I returned kinda dejected and doing some of my usual inner discourse with myself. Specifically because I started to sense a certain pattern I fall into, one where I focus so hard on what I haven’t achieved that I don’t pay attention to what I did achieve.
Sure, I didn’t get to take the specific pics with Akari and Akane that I wanted, but I took some bangers with Mikan, who I’d been meaning to take out for basically a couple of years and hadn’t found the opportunity.
For now I left my bags back at the villa (this is all happening in its vicinity, by the way) so I can get some food. Both for tomorrow in case I must stay in the room and for now.
I went to Family Mart instead of Seven Eleven this time and stocked up on a few things In always eat from there. So it was time to get food for me. I’m kinda curious about the chinese restaurant from yesterday so…
…nevermind, it’s closed. And with how dark the area is, the fact that they turn off all their lights is like “yeah we’re not existing until tomorrow”.
I took a chance on the Hawaiian izakaya I also saw on the first day.
Happy pride month, everyone!
I ended up getting their fried chicken and onion rings. It was great stuff, the only real issue being the portions were bigger than I thought.
After returning and digesting everything for a bit I decided to try the place’s outdoor bath.
This is one detail I’ve kept until now, but one of the first things they told me when I was checking in was basically reassuring me that the water from the hot spring isn’t brown because of dirt, that it’s all safe.
Well, they weren’t lying, it sure is brown. It also had a bunch of little flower buds and such pouring out with the water which WAS reassuring, like, it sells the impression that it’s all actually natural ground water.
Which makes me wonder why more hot springs AREN’T this brown…
Honestly, the most interesting bit is the metallic smell the tub had, because I didn’t know if it was the water or something with the jacuzzi’s jets.
BY THE WAY, said jets got very hot with the water making the act of trying to lay low and relax a bit of a gamble as I kept laying my bare back against the hot metal nubs.
The day ended, as a few have lately, with me suffering from I’m Gonna Fucking Die Syndrome brought forth by eating too much fried stuff at once. Thankfully this time it was the kind where my body went “fuck it, flush everything out” so at least I didn’t have to suffer the annoyance of a stomachache for a couple of hours.
We’ll see what tomorrow has in store…