Ah, such gorgeous pictures! In the middle one, you really get a sense of scale. And the details of doors and the colors of the wares in the stalls are so pretty!

Half a world away, and we're getting the same weather as you guys. It's wet!

The appellaton sounds like a super cool idea! Too bad the stuff I'm into right now is populated by people with very weird/very Japanese names. I don't think there are too many "Soul Eater" and "Gintoki" out there. *g*