Tonight was the actual moon viewing night for Japanese to view the full moon in Autumn. Luckily it was a clear night unlike the earlier moon festival in the woods. For that festival a yellow fan on a stick substituted for the moon. Unlike the US the moon in Japan is yellow not white. Traffic signals are red, yellow and blue. Really the traffic signal is green but the word used means blue.

Mimi and I saw the moon while out grocery shopping. We were by Kojima, which like many Japanese stores has a huge neon sign. It is of a smiling sun. I thought it was funny that this artificial sun hindered my viewing of the “perfect” moon.