Folklore Story Time: The Sea Monster of the Oki Islands (Ep. 198) (Patreon)

Yikes, Everyone! I just got in from my whirlwind trip to Hokkaido and have to (in five hours) head out to Tokyo for a "thing," and I really thought that I could get the podcast up without any hitches during that short window.

It's also Legends of Japan's book birthday today (September 1st) and I needed to make a little clip for that. Just a lot of plates spinning and I totally didn't count on the existential dread the last couple nights slaying my sleep and my brain being all bonkers. Good news: CRICKETS ARE DOING GREAT!!

I was a tad worried, leaving them for 2~3 days. Little fellas didn't even miss me.

So Hokkaido was a blast as usual, much, much too short. Also ran into a little local festival I got some video of. I'm going to make a post about that and edit together the video as well. I'll do that for everyone as soon as I get back from Tokyo.

I got the final final version of Dark Tales from Japan the morning I left for Julyan's and had a treacherous time trying to download it because the permissions weren't working. They only give a week to read through it all, and the editor said we went quite a bit over our page number limit. She managed to get some pages added, but said she still had to cut some stuff and now I'm freaking out because I need to look at all those cuts! But I keep having to leave the house.

So, I haven't been to the ol' Edo capital in ages. Sort of not particularly looking forward to it, until it was suggested we stop by Asakusa before coming home and now I'm a little looking forward to it. But maybe crowded? 😂

My brain is okayū

Mmm...okayū 😋

Okay, matsuri post and video coming soon ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶〜〜

XOXO,

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