Nothing like getting drunk and flying a kite. That's what our second matsuri was all about, on the way back to Fuji. We stopped off in Hamamatsu city (our first ever visit there) to check out the big kite festival! Many international events are also going on as the city has many different communities, including a large Brazilian community. Despi...

On Sunday Ewa`s husband Makoto had the day off, so kindly volunteered to spend it driving us around the region. We drove towards Mount Fuji ("Fuji-San"), but it was a cloudy day and the volcano is notorious for its shyness. Only a few kilometres away, we still couldn`t even tell in which direction to search the sky. We gave up the hunt for the m...