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Autumn is the season for autumn festivals. You heard it here first.

Tree outside my dorm going colour crazy

Basically the leaves are changing, and everybody here is making a fuss over the autumn colours. But what I do have to say is; now I see why! Instead of the trees just losing all will to live and using this new lack of vigour to turn a boring shade of brown. As they do in England.

Instead, the entire spectrum of warm colours slowly spreads its tendrils across japan from north to south, turning one tree at a time a vibrant shade of red, until they are all sufficiently autumnal. 

Japanese people love this colour change (as well as all other seasonal differences) and have a multitude of festivals to celebrate the fact it's no longer summer. These festivals often involved people walking around for a long time carrying a shrine and shouting, they also often ring bells which clink and clank a lot. I came across one of these processions to my surprise as I exited a shop in Shinjuku a few days ago. For a few moments I got all blended up in the swathe of people all garbed for the occasion and snapped a little footage of the event to show you guys!

                            Do we have a reason to celebrate the loss of our countries warmness?

Yes actually, yes we do! (picture taken by the lovely Joe Face) Nagoya leaves

tinsel disco, bitches!

Despite this, it's actually still really warm. And MAN am I enjoying it!! This is my first ever winter away from the UK.. the country where the temperature never warms; it just reaches a plateau of chilly for the 'summer' then drops into a chasm of frost around October, never to rise again. *sob* 

But here, I've got ma christmas tinsel decorations up in my room reflecting the bright morning sunlight like a disco ball, my window is open, and.... I DONT HAVE HYPOTHEMIA (or a inoperative hypothalamus....) 

The general Japanese populous also keeps looking at me weirdly for swagglily breezing down the streets / train platforms / corridors in what can only be described as summer attire. (As i frequently tell my mother, 'everyday shorts day')... 



So, weather report, at the moment it is;

*Faffs about on computer weather app*

about, 13 degrees celsius!!!!!!!!!!!

WAIT!!! Before you all shiver and draw your blankets up tight around your tiny freezing faces, remember, it is almost December and it is also nearly 10 at night! In the day it can get to a toasty 18! In comparison to the depressingly dank -1 degree (dire) or whatever it is in the (damp deluge of the) UK right now, I'm on a tropical beach!! and that means i'll be wearing shorts and t-shirts for the next few weeks at least. 

BUT, I have heard, that soon, winter is coming.... and I'm from the north so I should know. *chilly breeze* 

I'm telling you, just don't lose your head about it.

In prep for this oncoming disaster, I'm gonna go get a hot water bottle and snuggle up to all the tasty english food my family sent me in a care package last week. Come here you sexy skittles!!!

yummerty snackings.

I'm still Sam, and this is always my blog, telling you about the freshest shit direct from inside the toilet. 

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