what do you see?

Yesterday was the annual summer festival in our area again (maybe it was for tanabata, given that they celebrate it on August 7th in Hokkaido according to Nana) - a small affair with a karaoke competition, some food stalls and a portaloo. We could hear the karaoke very well from up here, a good range of entries from quite old people singing enka to a small girl known as Ai-chan (not the table tennis player) trying some kind of show tune.

We've decided to get new mobiles, as ours are a little tired after 2 years. We have to wait for the ones we want to arrive at our local shop as that model is on offer and popular at the moment. At last we'll have camera phones, so you can expect more frequent, candid pictures to appear here and in the vicinity soon!