Yesterday, Brian and I did some impromtu shopping (1GB SD cards for only 4,800 yen); then we spontaneously stopped at the Komakado Kazaana lava cave. It is just a few kilometers up the road from here, but we'd never gotten around to going, so when we were driving past it on a nice day, with no tour buses lined up, we decided to pull into the parking lot, pay our 200 yen and spend some time wandering around the cave. Very cool, really. Here is a picture taken inside the cave:
And now the weekend is upon us again. Tomorrow we are going to the Tokyo International Cycle Show, where we hope to get an insider look at some of the newest cyling technology and products. We'll be sure to take lots of pics!
And then it will be Monday again. Time passes - the harder we try to grip it, wrestle with it, hold onto it, the more quickly it slips through our fingers and we find the future enclosing on us, sometimes with great fury, sometimes with slow suffocation. But the future is now; the past is now, too. Kabat-Zinn, a professor and sometime-guru of modern alternative medicine and meditative techniques, titled one of his books very appropriately - Wherever You Go, There You Are (2004). What a catchy title and how important to remember that, indeed, we (and the past and the future) are embodied in this moment alone. Let's enjoy today.
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