Yesterday during the last few hours of the workday a couple of clouds drifted over Hyogo and dropped a bunch of snow onto the workplace. As I left work I found that it was still snowing, and the snow was pretty much everywhere between me and the train station. The good news was that there was no need for an umbrella, but the bad news was the bone-chilling cold. I caught a train that was running five minutes late, and discovered that Kuniko was on not only the same train, but just a few people between me. Because the train so jammed with people I didn’t notice her until everybody disembarked at Akashi.
Since she had to do some shopping for some hiking gear we decided to have dinner at Swaad. Something about hot, spicy curry and chicken tikka sounds good when it is freezing. After a delicious dinner we headed out to do the shopping, and by the time we finished that the trains were completely screwed up. A crowd of people were waiting inside the station for trains to come through, but it looked like it was going to be a long wait for them. I guess the snow caused disruptions up and down the JR train line. Luckily it didn’t affect us.
Today is Setsubun, and that means eating a giant roll of sushi while facing the lucky direction without speaking. Weird, I know, but when in Rome… Since we both have a party after work today we ate sushi for breakfast, and then ate some lucky beans. It should be an extremely lucky day today, based on our breakfast.
