Welcome to Sick Town, Sickmusshire, Sickonia. Population: Me.

Please forgive my absence gentle reader, a malady befell me and I have only just begun to wrest myself away from the villain. As a peace offering, here is the other part of my post I should have given you a week ago:

Blossom season is a very famous time in Japan, with good reason! I'm going to Kyoto this weekend so hopefully the sakura (cherry) blossoms will be out by then, but I have a feeling we may be a few days too early. Considering how ugly Japanese cities can be (no joke, mine especially), I thought it only fair to show that some parts can be absolutely breath taking during certain times of the year.

Yuuki Shrine:




I also went to see my friends nieces, how's this for cute? (err, ignore me, I am terrifyingly un-cute in this picture).