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A first Christmas yakatabune cruise, with dinner, night views and fireworks

For Christmas that year, Haruru took her first yakatabune cruise. She enjoyed dinner on board and had the chance to see fireworks from the deck. Her account remembers roughly two hours that felt like a small trip.

From haruru.1002’s past accounts.

A Christmas course dinner on the water

Haruru usually associated Christmas with a course dinner and a familiar view. This time, she enjoyed the meal on her first Christmas yakatabune cruise.

Her account mentions sashimi, simmered fish, steak and freshly fried tempura among the dishes. Eating on the boat gave her the feeling of a small trip.

Night views and green-lit spray in the photographs

Words added to a night-view photograph describe how beautiful the scenery looked from the boat.

The image text also points out the green-lit spray as something she found beautiful. It remembers a small detail on the water as well as the city lights.

Fireworks from the deck and a bridge seen from below

The wind was not strong on that occasion. Haruru went onto the deck and was lucky enough to see fireworks. A fireworks photograph also carries words describing how beautiful they were.

Looking up at a bridge from below was another memory she recorded. She felt the roughly two hours had passed quickly and remembered the cruise as enjoyable.

Sources for this account

Based on accounts by haruru.1002.