Jan. 15, 07

Jan. 15, 2007

The countdown is one, one more week till I move and what has just stirred me to write? A tremor. I am certain that I felt a minor earthquake. I considered grabbing my laptop and dashing under the desk. Always good to have one’s priorities straight. I am living on the Tokai fault line and this area is due for a major earthquake. Every 150 years there is a major earthquake and 150 years have gone by and locals all know that a major quake can hit this area at any moment. Having experienced the San Francisco earthquake – I am a veteran. And I know an earthquake when I feel it. It was not some huge truck passing by. I checked the telly, but nothing is being broadcast. It was minor, but I felt the floor shake, followed by another tremor where I could feel the walls resonating. I think it is a good time to move away from the area.
While flipping through the telly, caught a bit of sumo, watching Asashiori take a magnificent match. I have caught the sumo bug. Also saw the handsome Bulgarian win his match. Saw a New Year’s matsuri festival, although I did not catch the area, where they burnt the yagura into the water. Saw a lot of men in fundoshi in the water. Probably not terribly pleasant in the winter. And a cute footage of a young boy playing the odaiko. His bachi was very short. I have not watched the telly in ages and it reminds me how it is a great source of ethno curiosity. Well here is hoping I escape further earthquakes. There is nothing quite dramatic as feeling the floors and walls move.