so when they do,
everyone wants to be there.
And since we happened to be here during one of those two special days,
we thought we'd get patted down to join in on the fun.
We went to the Imperial Palace,
got handed paper flags,
waited for the family to come out and say hello.
I'm not sure what they did say,
but everyone was very excited and pushy.
Did we find the lighthouse?
Kinda.
We must have looked lost and sad, apparently,
because some very nice old man took pity on us and walked us right to it.
Why is it hard to find?
Because it's right in the middle of Tokyo.
It's kinda near the Imperial moat, but not really a place for a lighthouse.
From what I can tell,
some over-induldged higher up just had a fetish for lighthouses (who doesn't?),
and just put it close by without any actual need.
Awesome.
Meryl and I walked our tushes off all over again.
We did some Kabuki theatre, which really mixed things up by adding some standing
to go along with our walking.
And traditional Kabuki?
It was an absurdist comedy interpretive dancing drag show with audience participation.
I don't speak Japanese, so I didn't really get it (at all),
but it was still pretty rad.
We're packing every single day full as possible.
We even are able to stay up into the night now.
Jetlag is a nightmare.
I feel like an old man.
Tokyo at night.
