Uesugi Kenshin

[ here, have a Kenshin, with sake. ]

I am curious as to why the locals demand I hang "stockings" up. I see no reason to demand my tabi to be hung, yet this Christmas holiday is rather unusual. I do not recall such a tradition the year prior, either.

I simply hope to see snow once again. I so dearly miss it.

May Bishamonten protect us and our allies still at home.

Valentine's is certainly an interesting festival, quite different from any I have attended in Japan. I have never danced as such before, nor sampled the wide variety of chocolate, a food I would certainly not mind eating once again.

[ and now time for some random musings. ]

On another note, this creation called a thermos is quite practical. While difficult to pronounce, its quite perfect to keep tea warm in places where a fire proves impractical. Certainly such a creation would prove useful while the troops are mobile, if such a thing were to exist back home.

[ yes, he keeps sake in his thermos :D ]