Joe Bloggs

Seasonal dance

Drove into the city with Mrs Bloggs today and parked just outside Kyoto's old entertainment quarter - Gion - and then walked into the quarter to see a performance of the Kyo Odori (Kyoto Dance). The dancing was impressive and very much a visual feast. (And of course it helped that Mrs Bloggs had a passing connection with one of the geisha up on stage!) What was almost more interesting though was looking at people looking at Mrs B. as we walked to the theatre. She wore a seasonal light-pink patterned kimono with a rusty orange outer obi which almost covered the green belt under that. Let me tell you it isn't just the foreigners who stare at women wearing national dress. Japanese women do so also, though perhaps they stare more at the cloth, for you can almost see their brains whirring calculating how much they think it cost. I'd put up a picture of the Missus, but nothing to download it on until Apple come back with a computer. (That's moving towards a resolution, but it seems I am going to be slapped with a non-disclosure agreement, so I possibly won't be able to write anything here about it!) A nice spring interlude.