Local History

I went to Ikenoue school today to watch the kids perform the play they have been practicing for weeks. I am proud that they are doing it in English and even if the pronunciation isn’t perfect I’m sure the audience wouldn’t know the difference.

It has been interesting to learn the local history. It turns out that the present location of the town of Ikenoue used to be under water. It used to be a huge pond and legend has it that the area was terrorized by a huge snake until the gods helped them get rid of it. The cool thing is that the pond was used as a rubbish dump at the time and so farmers keep finding all kinds of weird and wonderful discoveries on their land.

After the show it was lunch time and I was craving sushi. It turns out I have eaten sushi every 3 days for the last two weeks. Just called me Micchan!