Air

It's summer, and that means air. Air TV, I mean. It's an anime that I saw for the first time in high school. I was so entranced by the story and beautiful drawings the. at I decided to make it a yearly summer tradition.

If the 33C temperatures are any indication, it's definitely summer now, and time to start the series. The special thing is that this is my first time seeing it in Japan! Everything in it feels so familiar now after having lived here a year. Summer classes, cicadas, furin windchimes, kids hanging out at quiet train stations, impressive sea walls overlooking the ocean, vending machines, walking up steps to temples, sitting at a kotatsu in the tatami room, low mountains in the distance. Everything is so natural and countryside-like.  It feels like the story takes place right here in Tokushima.