Wednesday, December 9th. Rainy.
Actually, it's a clear dawn and chilly outside at a brisk 7 degrees, but that seemed like no way to start a letter.
It's been a long time since the last one of these letters home. There's no excuse for that lapse, of course, but it was probably your fault, so I'm feeling pretty good about things, on the whole. I got something I want you to do, though. Do you think you could write a three- or four-hundred word blurb about a neighborhood in Kobe for a tourist book on the general idea of the city? Try and sound like you know what you're talking about, but don't skimp on the goddamn wonders. Here is a picture.
And here is a ho-hum shot I took downtown:
My thinking is, residents of a city neither act like tourists nor, usually, hold the latter's interest for very long. So I want the guidebook about what curious people want to hear about the place, not what jaded types like me already know inside and out.
I'm working in a hurry because I have a full slate of giant Buddhas to meet with today and I gotta run, so if I start to sound a but clipped just imagine that I'm pacing, muttering and chain-smoking cigars. That should sort things out.
What do you want from Japan? Better settle on something good. Hi to Kirsten. Cats doing okay? How's the job situation? Rent. Social events. Fitness regimen. Unusual or political complaints. Etc. I look forward to receiving your answers following the completion of your guidebook assignment. My love to the relevant parties.
Charity and Temperance,
André Bovee-Begun
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