a rainy day

It's been a week! In honor of this remarkable milestone, the weather's been so lousy today that I've just felt like sleeping. Nevertheless, I did begin my day with a brief jog around the Imperial Palace that's next door, and it turned out to be a pretty good place for a morning jog. And one thing rainy weather is actually good for is running. Makes the exercise a whole lot more pleasant. After having some breakfast and today's nap number one, I went there again for a walk to take pictures of some pretty spots I saw earlier.

This guy was actually feeding the fish, but as we know, birds will never miss a chance on a free meal...

"Hands off my food!"

So apparently this shrine is for worshipping the cat. Works for me.

After my nap number two, I did some grocery shopping (again), just to get out of the house. I also decided that I have to start eating like the Japanese in order to save money. I can't really spend 10 euros per day just to have the fruit and veggies that I'm used to having at home. So, I finally got around to making my own miso soup from scratch, dashi and all. Also bought a two-kilo sack of rice yesterday, that should last for a while... Cooking in this tiny kitchen is a bit of a challenge, though, but I make do!

Maybe a bit more scallions that you'd have in a restaurant, but I just can't resist the greens.

And since I haven't posted a picture of Hawaii House yet, here's one I took on the way back home. So the building on the right is the one where I'm residing, and then there are a couple of other student houses in the same complex.

Such a pretty neighbourhood, isn't it!