I had my first experience of 'sakura cha(tea)' on Wednesday. It consists of cherry blossom leaves that are pickeled in vinegar. It's very pretty but tastes like seawater.

Last week I went to the Kiomizu temple illumination, it was a little eerie.










On Saturday I headed to footy training at the Yodogawa, thankfully the playing area wasn''t a stinking bog like last week, but that didn't stop the injuries, with one of our players ending up with his finger on a 45 degree angle, I'm glad I didn't see that! After training a few of us went to a Kogoshima izakaya(Kagoshima is located near the bottom of Japan's southern island) , they had the best fried chicken I have ever tasted. The Blarneystone was next, an Irish pub nearby in Umeda.


















I was pretty buggerred after training so I went home a little early. On Sunday I saw 'Valkyrie' in Kyoto, so exciting, nearly gave me a heart attack.