Since I missed out on the bon odori at the Nishi Hongwanji obon, I decided to watch the one at the Gardena Buddhist Church today. Originally, Laura was going, but she decided to stay home and rest since she twisted her ankle while running. Franklin went with me instead since he didn’t want me to going by myself. What a nice friend. :)
For food, I was hoping for takoyaki and okonomiyaki, but instead there was chili rice and spam musubi. >.>; I guess the people who normally go to this buddhist temple are farther removed from Japan than the ones that go to Nishi Hongwanji. I ended up eating a spam musubi and teriyaki chicken bowl. Spam musubi was okay, the chicken teriyaki bowl was okay. I would have preferred okonomiyaki. Buu. :x
At 6 PM, the bon odori started. I wanted to dance, too, but I didn’t know how. I figured this time I’ll watch, and next year I’ll dance. Watching was good enough for me. O-sore!
