Ah! The annual Yaizu Sapporo Brewery festival - cheap flowing beer of lager, ale, and porter kind. The weather was pretty dodgy in the morning, but by the afternoon, when I went, things had cleared up. The ground was still a bit wet, but there were plastic mats to keep the sitting spot dry. mmMMMMmmmmmm…. good beer
And now I’ve officially entered my last two months. I don’t know who will come after me (that prolly won’t happen for another 4-5 weeks), but things are nearly ready. All of the explanation about how to live in Yaizu and teach at Suisan is written and finished. I just need to assemble the book of notes and instructions.
After that, it’s getting myself in order. I don’t really know what’s happening come the end of my contract. I have the option of staying up to another 4 weeks (so long as I have a place to live) before returning to the US. Once there, things are still in the air. I’d like to visit the friends who have managed to scatter themselves nearly equally around the nation. The September trip to Tibet looks like it’s been tabled and exchanged for Italy, but details remain as forthcoming as the NSA.