Lover-bear Laurel,
I hope this finds you well. I miss you lots and lots and
lots! <3
Today was a good day. We visited two amazing castles! The
first one was Okayama Castle which is a black castle.
It was cool to see it
first so that we could contrast it with Himeji Castle, which is a beautiful
white castle!
We got to ride on the Shinkansen again to get to the city of Himeji! I love bullet trains!
Davin thinks Himeji Castle is the most impressive castle he
has ever seen and it is his new favorite.
Kristin was also impressed by Himeji but
her favorite castle remains Arundel Castle in England. I liked this castle A
LOT! So, I’m with Davin on this one.
It was raining on and off today so I was lucky to have the
protection of Kristin’s rain jacket.
One thing I noticed while we were walking through the city
of Himeji was how clean Japan is. There is not much garbage or litter on the
streets. Unfortunately, there are also no garbage cans. This caused the siblings
some annoyance as they had to carry their empty soda bottles and trash a long
distance before getting a chance to throw it away.
It doesn’t bother me too much though, as I’m more of a
restaurant bear, than a garbage can bear. But some of my relatives would be
pretty upset by the lack of trash cans to eat out of!
We saw some more pretty flowers at the castle.
I like that the Japanese have even decorated their sewer lids!
The Japanese people seem to like bears because they point at
me and say, “Kawaii!” Kristin says that means, “Cute!” in Japanese. Just
another reason to like it here in Japan, the people are friendly and have good aesthetic
sense! Japan gets this bear’s stamp of approval.
We will be moving on again soon, headed back towards the
nasty hot and humid parts of the world. I’m not looking forward to that! I’ll
be going back into hibernation for some time, I think. But, I will be happy
knowing that every day brings me one day closer to you!
Until next time, my love!
Sending you lots of love of the smothering kind!
Your Bear Prince,
Erich Tenhunen
Erich Tenhunen
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