I just got an email back from that taiko club! They said their next meeting is a week from today, Sunday 4-11, at 3pm!
YESSSSSS!
Oh man I hope this works out for me! Also, if they only meet on weekends, that would be pretty excellent! Jen said she'd come with me to the first meeting. She doesn't want to actually join, I don't think. She's just being a good friend.
This was a perfect ending to an otherwise unexciting day.
A trip to Kiyomizudera had been planned for a little Hanami to be followed by Smile Burger. I've been hearing about Smile Burger for weeks now. Apparently they're burgers to die for. I have yet to try one.... I also have yet to actually go sakura watching, as well.
When we got to Kiyo It was PACKED. Everyone and their mom is in Japan to see the cherry blossoms. Naturally, such a traditional thing should be viewed in Kyoto, and when people imagine temples in Kyoto they think of Kiyomizudera.
We slogged through crowds with our bikes for over an hour only to give up on getting up the hill to the temple. We decided to reschedule to a weekday when there might be slightly less crowded.
We parked our bikes and walked back for Smile Burger, only to be disappointed once again. Smile Burger was closed because they ran out of buns. They're the trixy little store. They have an "open" and a "closed" sign displayed simultaneously, but if you want the hours you have to reference the sign underneath both of those which states "10:00-8:00 or until we run out of ingredients" or something to that effect.
The more hungry people moved up two stores to eat okonomiyaki. I called it a day.
At least I was productive, kinda. I got the t-shirts done! Photoshop still beguiles me sometimes, but I enjoy figuring it out...just in small doses. It didn't take me that long to finish them up once I got down to it. Still one part to creatively consult on, but it's otherwise finished!
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TAIKO! WOO!
Hope it all pans out.
Love until later,
Caitlin D.
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