{"id":1164,"date":"2011-11-04T07:11:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2011-11-04T07:11:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T13:11:56","slug":"culture-day-in-asakusa-with-megumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roxannemodafferi.net\/RBlog\/2011\/11\/04\/culture-day-in-asakusa-with-megumi\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture day in Asakusa with Megumi!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday morning, I sparred at Ground Slam. Only Noripi, some other guy, and Caol Uno came. I did three hard rounds and then stuff started hurting, so I figured, rather than push it when I wasn’t feeling good, I’d just stop. :\/ Regret…bah, but it was wise, I guess. I would have just gone through the motions half heartedly and gotten crushed… Ground Slam is NOT a place for less than 100%.<\/p>\n

After that, I had my chicken and veggies….and some chocolate. \ud83d\ude21 I met Megumi at Asakusa, and we watched the Jidai Parade together! Actually, at first we were planning to go to the Meiji Jingu (Shrine) like I do every year, because they have Kobudo (traditional martial arts) demonstrations, like Iaido (sword drawing). There were really cool archery demonstrations, and also yabusame (archery from horse back).<\/p>\n

But then I read on Twitter’s @TimeoutTokyo which I follow that Asakusa was having this huge parade, and it looked much more interesting. Plus, any excuse to go to Asakusa. I love that place. So we went!
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\nI love this pic…I took it by accident. Megumi is trying to sneak by, but she looks SO intent on her ice cream in this picture. I love it.
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\nMegumi and I eating Monjaman! Monja Yaki inside a niku-man. Omg so good- meat and veggies. We split it.<\/p>\n

I got interviewed by TBS, a major TV station!! The reporter said that she didn’t know if I’d be aired, since they interviewed a lot of foreigners. \ud83d\ude42 I wonder if it was! Megumi snagged my camera and took pics! \ud83d\ude00
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I thought these Tokugawa Ieyasu soliders were kind of funny, with one guy with the drum on his back, and the other guy beating on it.<\/p>\n

So we saw famous kabuki actors, people dressed up with swans on their heads, middle-schoolers pulling a giant stone block representing some Edo castle, archers, samurai, etc etc! I made a video blog- please check it out!
\nLink to youtube video blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Hahah when the cranes came by, I said, “Oh what are those? Tell me on my video blog” in Japanese, and Megumi said, “Tsuru!” I thought she said, “Tsuri” which means “Fishing,” so I said, “Okay, so you can say, ‘They are fishing!'” and she repeated, “They are fishing!” \ud83d\ude00 Then they got closer, and I thought….wait, I don’t see anyone fishing. I see birds…cranes…TSURU, oh. lol “Megumi, sorry, those are cranes! Please say, “they are cranes!” and she dutifully repeated, “They are cranes! :D”<\/p>\n

I ate the BEST tako-yaki of my entire LIFE. The dude added shrimp AND octopus. omg so crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I wanna go back just to go to that guy’s booth again.<\/p>\n

After that, I went to the gym and lifted\/did physical training. \ud83d\ude42 I did my best, and I’m really sore now. It’s a good sore. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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