I thought this week’s shinputai was delightfully playful, with the aptly named Golden Stick as the shyu (1st), Okureruka leaf as the you (2nd), and Leucadendron as the ashirai (3rd).
To update on the previous episode of drama, my ladies asked me tonite if I understood what was going on with last week’s “meeting.” When I told them that I did indeed understand and thought it was “interesting” to watch them tackle a problem by going around and around it, they laughed and asked if that’s the way things were done in America. I said, sometimes. They asked me to not think badly of them or take home “funny” impressions of Japan, and then proceeded to do what some women humans do best: talk shit behind other people’s backs. And while I felt a little bad for Ikelady-san (who had despite her recent schedule-change managed to come and leave early tonite…) I was more oddly touched by yet another example of how we’re not so different, after all, are we?
Sail Forth - Japan Chapter 