海の日

[twissie]

This Monday was 海の日, or Marine Day, in Japan. It's a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the sea and the bounties it brings (HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I LOVE THE JAPANESE NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

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[kehlen]

The museum is a nice tribute to the ship.

The ship's name also made me think about something Star Trek I have always taken for granted.

Don't know if you are familiar with the fandom, but there is an infamous test in it all Starfleet cadets don't pass (designed to make them fail), called the Kobayashi Maru, wherein a starship with this name is stranded in a hostile situation, and the cadets are supposed to rescue it.

So now, "maru" apparently means "dragon" "five", but what does "kobayashi" stand for? (Did not even know the name was Japanese until your entry, lol.)

[twissie]

I love Star Trek! Of course I'm familiar with the Kobayashi Maru :)

Maru (丸) is actually the Japanese ship prefix, like S/S in English. Though in Japanese, it's placed after the name. Kobayashi is a common family name in Japan. I'm assuming it refers to either a living or a fictional person(?). Since Star Trek (as far as I know) doesn't offer the kanji for the name, I can only guess at a reading/meaning. There are several ways to write Kobayashi in kanji. I guess the most common way is 小林 which would literally read as "small forest".

The breakdown of the name of the ship mentioned in this post would be like this 第五 (daigo = number 5), 福 (fuku = luck/fortune) 龍 (ryuu = dragon) 丸 (maru = s/s).

[touchofgr3y]

Such awesome photos - I especially love the the flower photos :)

[twissie]

Thank you! I really enjoy taking pictures of flowers, I love being able to get up close and capture all the details :)

[kurikuribebi]

That Monday rain was very odd! It was like it was storming everywhere around us, except for at our actual place. While friends of mine exchanged messages to keep safe with the wind and rain, I was outside walking to my hair stylist with only drops hitting my glasses.

[twissie]

Hahaha, yeah! Had we just stayed at Odaiba, we probably wouldn't even have known about the rain. Most of the puddles had dried up when we went back out to pick up the doughnuts ...... :/

[bergeronprocess]

I don't even like watermelon (I literally refused to eat it for a telephone company commercial audition when I was, like, 4, so that was probably the end of my child actor career before it began) but that watermelon donut is adorable. The photos of the garden remind me I need to go to the garden here because they have displays of Dale Chihuly's glass art! But maybe I'll go when the heat index isn't about 100F.

Those photos of the Odaiba lanterns and the origami cranes are beautiful! I think I miss whenever you're on Twitter due to timezones, but I love these posts!

PS: I've heard Pokemon Go is in Japan now ;)

[twissie]

It is adorable! And delicious! But weirdly enough, my favourite in this box was the pink one with sprinkles.

Did we figure out the weird blocking issue on twitter? I want to double check I actually follow you, what's your twitter again?

It is! It's fun! Sunday was weird, EVERYONE was playing. It was like everyone was in on a secret, but not a very well kept one?????

[bergeronprocess]

I can't recall your username but mine is bergeronprocess, take a look and see if anything is still weird!

[twissie]

Awesome, thanks! Seems twitter didn't automatically follow after I requested the block to be removed, I still have no idea why/how you were even blocked in the first place o_o;

[siberian_angel]

These local rain showers are odd, I tell you. It might be downright apokalyptic out in Thunpadel, but completely normal where I am at - and it's only like 3 mi between those two places. Glad your futons could be salvaged. ;)

[twissie]

Due to humidity and bugs, we would have had to throw them out if they got wet, so yeah. I'm really glad we didn't have to go through that!!