Today I visited an elementary school about 40 minutes East of home (traveling by bike, of course). On the way back in, I was headed by Harimayabashi and decided to have lunch at a curry shop I had been past a few times. It's called CoCo Ichibanya, and it serves Japanese style curry. I had chicken katsu curry, which was basically chicken coated in crunchy bread flakes on top of curry and rice. It was delicious, but I should've ordered a small serving of rice, because I ended up with way too much. One cool thing about the restaurant is that you get to choose the amount of rice you want; if you opt for a smaller size, you get a slight discount.
The discovery happened on the way back from CoCo's. As I was passing Harimayabashi, I heard some music coming from a large clock on the side of a building. I had heard it play music before, but generally didn't stop to listen. This time I recognized the tune as the Yosakoi song and pedaled slower so I could listen for a while. I noticed a guy with a camera and looked over to where he was looking. It turns out that the clock has several moving parts; below the clock are five dancing people (well, just their arms move), and a replica of half the Harimayabashi bridge which slid out from the side of the clock. The coolest part was when two figures, Junshin and Ouma, came out onto the bridge. Junshin and Ouma are the famous lovers in the Harimayabashi story; Junshin was the monk who was banished for buying a hairpin for Ouma.
I had never taken a good look at that clock before and probably never would've noticed it on my own. It was very lucky for me that the man with the camera (likely a tourist) was there this afternoon. In any case, it was a nice surprise.
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