Gift Buying

Today I decided to try to put a huge dent in my gift shopping.  So, I went to the best logical place which is by Dogo onsen.  If you donʻt know, Dogo onsen is one of the first onsen in Japan and is thus very famous.  What I found though, was so much than the typical experience.

As I pulled up on my ever-so-fashionable-and-reliable bicycle, I noticed there was a little bit of an event at the park that was next to the onsen.  I walked up and found that it was basically a craft fair!  Well, I went from tent to tent but it was really hot so I braced myself to leave...just before I went down the stairs however something caught my eye on the side.

I canʻt say much about what she was selling because it will end up being gifts, but this lady was so happy just to talk to me she gave me some sort of orange/grapefruit kind of thing and gave me free stuff to go with what I purchased! I told her it was an honor to buy crafts from the person that made them and that I was really happy to have been passing through.  We even took a picture together.

Days like today make it all worth while.

(^_^)~!