Hmmm. . . been a while, eh?

Two weekends ago Judy and I were in Kansai to attend the wedding of the daughter of a family friend. It was our first time to attend a wedding in Japan and Judy’s first time to attend a wedding ever (not counting our own), so it was all new to us and a pretty great time.

The couple met through omiai, which is still surprisingly somewhat common these days in Japan, and only first met four months ago, if you can believe it. Nevertheless, they seem to make a great couple.

After arriving on Saturday in the small city of Kashihara, Nara where the wedding was to be held the following day, Judy and I had a few hours to kill so we took a walk to explore the area. Whilst enjoying our leisurely perambulation, we happened upon something truly glorious, the likes of which we had never seen before:

Yes, that’s right. We finally got our hands on a Nintendo DS Lite, which are still incredibly hard to come by in Tokyo. It seems that the solution for Tokyoites wishing to obtain one is to go out to Bumfuck, Nowhere, where they’re apparently aplenty. Anyhow, it has turned out to be tons of fun to play and so, combined with watching World Cup matches, it’s been hard for me to focus my attention on this site, let alone on anything else even remotely productive.

But enough rambling, back to Mario. . . .