Today was an interesting Japanese holiday, from the Wikipedia article I just read. 昭和の日 (Showa no hi) was originally the national holiday set aside for the emperor's birthday. It was changed to Greenery Day from 1989-2006 when Greenery Day was moved to May 4th to be part of Golden Week and April 29th became Showa Day. Apparently, it's no longer a celebration of the emperor but a day of reflection on the turbulent years of the earlier times.
History lessons aside, today was a day off from school so I relaxed at home. I finished another chapter in both Toppa Mono and JFCS. Studying is going along smoothly and my reading speed has increased significantly since the last time I can even remember trying to read a legitimate amount of Japanese. It's pretty exciting considering I've only been in school for two weeks and two days. Even with that I'm not sure if the credit is due to attending school or the abundance of free time I have to study on my own after class is over. Either way, I'm happy with the way things are going.
My Japanese friend, Hirokazu, came by to meet Yuko and shoot the breeze for a while. I found out that in addition to not liking meat or alcohol, he also doesn't enjoy drinking coffee. Talk about having a hard time figuring out what to do to kill time. Usually drinking coffee or beer are fail safe plans for when you don't have any other ideas. He did bring over some doughnuts from Mr. Doughnut though, so that's pretty cool. Kind of makes me wish I was a cop.
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