Day 1 - Hare 15 (November 8th - November 10th)

[Ender]

Weather:
High: 63° F (17° C) during the EA
Low: 51° F (10° C) during the EN and LN
Windy and Partially Cloudy, and warmer than normal

The windy is steady all day, whipping up harshly between buildings in alleyways.

Day 1
As the rooster crows, the competition officially begins. Breakfast is provided in each of the lodgings. A selection of pickled vegetables from the stores, rice, and tea. Eggs are provided as well.

Events:
EM - Call To Temple

LM - Test of the Body

Game of Letters:
An incomplete poem circulates Tsuma born upon fine blue paper of good quality. The paper is large, easily large enough for three lines of poetry, but only one is written upon it in a graceful hand, a scant five syllables:

'Orchids of blue bloom'