I got to the store and bought a few things and pretended that I was a dad whose significant other would know more about fashion than myself so I took a bunch of pictures of tshirts "to send home and see which ones would be good for the kids." Of course, my kids have PLENTY of tshirts, so I was mostly just taking pictures of tshirts that had English on them that struck me as odd. I imagine it's the same thing when there are Chinese/Japanese characters on clothes or even tattooed on bodies in the U.S.
In case you have a hard time reading it, the circle says "A sport is played, and it sheds". On second thought, I don't really think it's quite the same as having a character tattooed, because if you wanted to get the WORD "power" or "strength" or "unanimity" tattooed on you in any language, it wouldn't be that difficult. But trying to get whole phrases, sentences, or passages tattooed on, you had better be more careful.
After this store, I needed to make one other stop. But I figured I'd take the "back way" home and in so doing, figure out what the "back way" is. I actually did a pretty good job for a while. But then I got to a familiar street, where there was that same sign I've mentioned before that points to the landmark "At Stone, Family Parts Ways." The weather was nice and I didn't have anything to do, so I thought to myself "doggone it, I'm gonna see that site today."
After quite some time, I realized I was probably on the wrong path and that I would never find the Stone. In the process, I did happen upon this off-the-beaten-path beauty:
It's not a tourist attraction, just a normal church/temple. I thought for a minute maybe the Stone was housed in here, but I'm pretty sure this was MUCH further than 100m from where I turned. This temple is either 2 hours from my apartment or possibly 10 minutes or so. I did get turned around a lot on this trip.
At last, I'm home. I tried to find information about the Stone online once I got here. Google translate helps me offer this tidbit:
As stone wet with tears of stains, also called "tear stone" aka,
It is said that I would not grow moss still. You are up to seven pre-war
Was, but now it does not remain only three.
Sad indeed. Tears of stains?! Why are the stains so sad?! I vow to find this Stone again next weekend.
Rock'n Roll is MY best too.
lol. I love all of this so much.
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