Party On!

I survived my volleyball game today, the Teachers actually beat one of the lads' teams, though we got trounced by the others. I held up my own, I scored as many points as I gave away. And I got to debut my Lobster Sandals for the imonikai. 

The imonikai (an autumn outdoor event in Japan, especially in the Tohoku region, where people gather to cook and eat imoni, a taro and meat stew, from a large pot*) consisted of pots of stew by each class and other items as well. 

*scammed from Google

 

Most students dressed up thematically, most of the First year students wore matching t-shirts emblazoned with childhood photos.

 

There were three Donald Ducks in First year as well, and they won first prize.

 

A worthy endeavour though I would have picked the 9 Chucky clones from Second year who each had scars on their faces as well.

 

 I provided the masks.

 

During the awards ceremony we were treated by two special inflated guests. (Don't ask me why the picture is tilted. It looks fine on MY pc.)

All in all, a pretty good Sports Day and I'm sure I'll be feeling a few aches and pains tomorrow.

I didn't buy any this time around, though these Disney villains are all pretty cool.

 

Alas, I didn't win this Mecha-Godzilla light. I may try again tomorrow, there's a huge UFO Catcher event going on.

 

I think today's Oni, Jinrin, looks very cool, not threatening. Eight heads are better than one.

 

Time for some Ghost Rider!

I'd be remiss if I didn't comment on the passing of Ace Frehley. I had the KISS comics when they first came out and though I made a tidy profit selling them in the 90s, I wish I still had them.

 

Great news though! It looks like we may be able to pull off a Halloween Shindig this October 31st! It rarely lands on a Friday when I don't have to work the following day. Details to follow, for now...

 

DJ Mokgohan is back!

World Turtle!

Today, I'm going to start with my Gatcha Capsule catch at the beginning (a Turtle) and go all the way down from there.

These world turtles are pretty neat. 

*not THE world turtle! 

These turtles (tortoises) carry World Wonders upon their shell. Such as this one carrying 3 Moai statues upon its back.

This one carries Pyramids and a Sphinx.

 

There are a few more, but I haven't acquired them yet.

Today's Yokai is from Lake Inawashiro in Fukushima. I've been there a few times, often enough that you'll find a label off to the side to click and investigate. 亀姫 (かめひめ) or Kame Hime (Turtle Princess.) The name Kame hime comes from Inawashiro Castle’s nickname: Kame shiro (“Turtle Castle”).

I like this picture.

 Kame hime is said to be the younger sister of Osakabe hime, the spirit who haunts Himeji Castle. In the play Tenshu monogatari, Kame hime is depicted visiting her older sister at Himeji Castle and bringing a severed man’s head as a souvenir.

Not really a Turtle, more of a young dinosaur, Gachapin was my garb of choice for today's Volleyball game.

I have a towel around my wrist for I bruised my palm. Those volleyball balls are a lot harder than when I played back in University 40 years ago!

I'm getting lazy again. My Junji Ito tale is just a photo of a boy with a red Turtleneck scammed from the internet. When I have time (THIS weekend) I'll delve into Tomie.

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Today's comic selection is Gamera. Sadly I'm missing one of the miniseries.

Speaking of Gamera, I recently caught these at UFO Catcher.

And as promised, it was Turtles all the way down!