#todayintokyo

I'll put together something about the shrine, but どうぞお先に。Nudge nudge hint hint.

Hi, thanks for the message!

The presentation was in two main parts: first the historical context of the Edo period and function of sangaku in developing mathematics during that time, and second a closer look at Kashihara Miminashi Yamaguchi-jinja's example with a modern solution. I can't read the sangaku in full, but I have been able to pick out the parts with numbers and compare some of their results with the formulas.

I'm not knowledgeable in that area, but they can be fun, and I'm guessing Japan has some with really neat details, so go for it!

I've just finished An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed, the second book in a wonderful series about an 88-year-old retired language teacher who just wants to bask in the quiet of her beautiful old apartment with a pot of coffee and a plate of cheese sandwiches and cookies.... and how if anything ever threatens this blissful solitude, she will bash in its skull with a candlestick and shove it down the stairs and not lose a wink of sleep. And when the police come, it's all "What, dear? Who did you--? I'm afraid I'm not--oh, let me find my hearing aids, they must be here somewhere..."

Anyway, these are lovely, cozy, smirky and delicious crime novels about being overlooked and underestimated and how, yes, the privilege of enjoying a nice wine in your nice apartment where no one can bother you is actually sometimes worth a murder or three. And this book ended with some recipes for gingerbread cookies, which I've never made before, so I'm saving it here! The second, "naughty" recipe contains mild spoilers* for the second book, so be careful if you've yet to read it!

Thank you @todayintokyo :)

~ Writing (to which I will return soon!)

~ Plushies (more a lifestyle than a hobby at this point)

[this is a sample only... judge if you must]

~ Books (fiction; paperback by preference)

~ A brand new computer game that works first try and lives up to my hopes (...the kind of game you immediately wish you could play for the first time again...)

~ Chocolate (dark; or white - technically not chocolate idc)

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(Spotted today at Donquijote in Kyoto Avanti. It says Abenomasuku, referring to the tiny crappy face-diaper gauze masks that PM Abe sent out to every household in Japan as more or less a political stunt even as the government continued to drag its feet on actual coronavirus policy...

This is so sweet! You’re more than welcome! We love creating the content for you too. Yes we’re very lucky to live in a place like this with our tiny round ponies. We’ll give them all your love and cuddles :)

~ H