Kuruma Fire Festival, Kuruma, Kyoto, 10/22/07:



Corey, Panda Skeleton on Train, 10/31/07:

"The Lock-Up", Shiji, Kyoto, 10/31/07:


I dressed as an old-fashioned golfer using the clothes I have plus a beret, pom pom, crazy checkered socks, and broom-turned-club. I don't think many Japanese got it, but maybe I could have done better with it. The restaurant was decorated as a dungeon, with black lights, cages, people running around banging on the cages and screaming, that sort of thing... It was interesting to celebrate an American holiday that was brought to Japan just in the 80s by Tokyo Disneyland. Many of the Japanese people in the photo above were not inclined to dress up too much, but there were many who weren't so shy.


I just registered for my spring courses at Wooster this morning. If my anthropology courses I took abroad count toward my major, I will hardly have any sociology left to take besides Statistics and I.S. That's too much freedom! It's strange, sad, and terrifying to see the end in sight already. Maybe I'll stay a college student forever.

Hope your Halloweens were SPOOKtacular, or at least FANGtastic. Happy Birthday again to Aunt Kay, and Happy November to all.