Obon week is also renowned for it's temperatures. It sounds idyllic that it's regularly in the mid 30's but if you're not a sun person life becomes dodging from one shady spot to another - not that that really helps because it's still really sticky hot in the shade. But, lets face it, I'm white - (Dulux brilliant white number 001) and I don't like being the typical English man on the beach - complete with knotted hanky. So to get a bit more colour to my skin in a slightly more natural way than a sun bed, I chose to bare nearly all during a BBQ with some of Shizuka's siblings - her sisters Arika and Hiami, their partners Hiro and Satoru and all their children and Shizuka's brothers Hiro and Mitsu. (think I got that right). It's the first time I have met some of them and to be honest I was a bit worried about properly meeting her younger brothers - so to break the ice , we jumped into the water and played Frisbee. That did the job.
Had a really nice time. Got a little pink, but just right - which is unusual for me! I have now moved a few shades up the chart - well my top half has, my legs refuse to tan.
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