"It isn't easy being a Okiagarikoboshi"

My kids enjoyed their time with their grandfather today. He gave them these Okiagarikoboushis. These are special little dolls. No matter how hard you knock them down, the just pop right up again.
Sorry for the bad quality photo.


When they got home I found that the man I met at the top of Mount Rokko was true to his word and emailed the photograph I asked him to take of me when I ran my ultra-marathon. You can see that here. It's a lot better than the photograph I had before, even though that might sound somewhat vain with me as its subject.