わさびの新聞 – Festivale Edition

[Spoiler Alert:  This entry contains details regarding the Animal Crossing: New Leaf holiday called "Festivale"] Wasabi News - Special Edition Festivale Guide! On 3/11/13, Wasabi Village celebrated their first "major" holiday called Festivale.  Mayor Neko has deemed Festivale to be a major holiday because it is an event that takes over the entire town, and …

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わさびの新聞#2

Week of 2/3 - 2/9 Wasabi Celebrates Setsubun! As spring draws near, a festival called Setsubun is celebrated in Wasabi to bring in good luck for the new year.  On 2/3, Mayor Neko wore a blue ogre mask and all of the villagers gleefully threw soybeans at her to symbolize purifying the town.  Fortune beans …

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わさびの新聞#1

[aka Wasabi News #1. We are going to try a different, weekly format for updates on my ACNL town Wasabi. This should leave more room for other non-AC posts.] Week of 1/27 - 2/2 Wasabi Inaugurates Newly Constructed Lighthouse Thanks to the hard work of the citizens of Wasabi, and the generous donations of the …

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Condensed Wasabi Catch-Up

Mayor's Log 1/24/13 Such an exciting morning!  I woke to find a certain psychiatrist waiting outside my house... He gave me a petition and told me to get 6 signatures from the residents of Wasabi!  Hooo boy was I thrilled - I quickly ran all around town to get the necessary names on the form.  …

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Updates from Wasabi!

Mayor's Log 1/22/13 Due to busy Mayoral duties, I wasn't able to explore very long in Wasabi today.  But there were a few exciting things to note, so here's what happened! First of all, I got a letter from the HHA today.  I don't know what it said, but there was a present attached.  I …

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Visiting オㇾントィロ!

Mayor's Log 1/20/13 Today I made a journey to another village.  The Mayor is a really awesome and friendly guy named みくる (Mikuru) and the name of his village is オㇾントィロ (Orantoiro).  I couldn't wait to visit his town!  I took a ton of photos so I think today I will stick with a photolog format. I …

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The Fishing Debacle

Mayor's Log 1/19/13 Excitement was in the air when I woke up today!  The Fishing Tournament was in full swing!  I wasn't exactly sure how this was going to work.  I figured I'd just start fishing and try to catch the biggest fish I could. I took my hoard of fish to the Town Plaza, …

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New Discoveries in わさび!

Mayor's Log 1/16/13 There was a lot of excitement in Wasabi this morning.  The first thing I noticed was a fancy purple tent set up in the Town Plaza.  Not sure what to expect, I ventured inside.  Sitting at a low, purple table, surrounded by candles, books and clay pots was an exotic looking cat …

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What Language Barrier?

Mayor's Log 1/14/13 Living in a foreign land is never easy, especially when you don't speak the local language.  But even though I don't speak Japanese, it doesn't mean I can't become friends with my neighbors!  Luckily everyone in town is very friendly and has a great attitude, and they don't seem to mind/notice that …

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Turning Over a New Leaf…

I am one lucky girl.  I happen to have a certain awesome friend who sold me her JP region 3DS!  It arrived in the mail on Friday evening, along with some other goodies.  I don't think I can EVER collect enough Pokemon stickers!!  Thanks Jenn, you are the absolute best!!  🙂 Why the Japanese 3DS? …

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