Ohisashiburi

"Ohisashiburi" basically means "long time no see" (which, by the way, is a direct translation from chinese hǎojiǔ bùjiàn... it amazes me how the world's languages influence eachother). I haven't written anything in a while, so I figured that it's time to do something about it!

Work has been a bit hectic lately, so I didn't have time to do interesting stuff. New Year's celebrations are coming soon, so we started the "osoji" ("big cleaning"). I was terrified when I had to clean the windows in the house; it's hand-made glass, which is over a 100 years old. And the way to clean it is to take out the whole window (!) and wipe from both sides. I had to be extra-careful...

Thankfully, after New Year we'll have some quiet time and I hope to go around Kyoto for a bit, discover some not-touristy places (it's quite difficult in here...)
It's getting colder (about 12 C), so I'm heading to the sento to warm myself up. Sayonara picture today is kamelia blossoms in the garden: