I negotiated an early exit from school and went into Kobe in the afternoon to meet Kuniko for another picture session. I arrived early, so I went shopping at an import food shop for chili. I got four packages of Stagg chili – oh, yeah…
When I arrived I was ushered right into the dressing room and an older lady who cackled at my Japanese helped me change into my outfit. It was a stark contrast from yesterday when two young women helped me get dressed. The lady did a good job, however, and the outfit was a lot simpler this time around.
I met up with Kuniko in the hallway, and she was all dressed up in her wedding dress. She had her makeup and hair done, and she looked great. From there we went to the studio for some pictures, and then all over the wedding palace taking pictures in different areas. It was actually pretty fun to do so much posing. At first we really enjoyed it, but after a few hours we got tired.
The photographers were really nice guys. They led us through the routine, and one of them held onto my camera and took lots of pictures with it. I could post some pictures right now, but it doesn’t seem right. Maybe after the wedding ceremony.
We got out of there fairly late, and headed home – exhausted. Luckily Kuniko had cooked our dinner in preparation the night before, so it was pretty easy to heat it up and eat. We had oden and beer – a beautiful combination. I haven’t had oden since last year, and it really hit the spot. Every time I sipped the beer it made me want to eat oden, and every time I ate oden it made me want to drink beer.
