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the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Tokyo, 2009.09.27

Today we went to a neighbourhood festival. It was put on by the local shopping street, and included a ¥1000 ($10) boat tour! Kenny was a bit thrown (no pun intended) by the rocking of the boat's deck, but I made a game of it by saying, "whoooaaaa" every time the boat rocked, and he soon came to laugh at the effect.

After the boat trip, Kenny got to ride on a minature train! It had an electric shinkansen engine at one end and a working steam engine at the other, and he simply loved it. And of course bawled when it was over. I think I got some good pics, we'll see.

Following the train ride we did the length of the festival, sampling the wares and greeting such friends as we encountered. It was a fine day, with as good weather as we could have hoped to have.

Kenny seemed to get along great with Yu-kun and Mare-chan, two of the older kids from his daycare. Mare-chan is another hybrid kid, with a Japanese mum and a father whose family is from Guinea and Sierra-Leone.

rand()m quote

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that shit.

—-George Carlin