Mourning the departure of our buddy Shouta(he moved to San Francisco, he's not dead), Makoto and I set off to Tsuwano, an old castle town in Shimane-ken, for the Yabusame(horseback archery) festival. The competetion was amazing; the tradition, the clothes, the horses, the skill. After the festival we ate San-sai (mountain vegetable)udon and went for a stroll through the old samurai quarters. The streets of Tsuwano are lined with streams of koi, many of which are over a meter long. Apparently there are more koi in Tsuwano than there are people. Mmm...koi.
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