A Day in a Life of a Samurai
I will be telling you about a day in a life of a samurai.
7:00am: He wakes up. Then he ties his hair in a topknot, get dressed, and rolls his bed mat away neatly.
7:30am: He will have breakfast with his family. They usually eat rice and pickled vegetables.
8:00am: He makes his way through the city, to the castle.
9:00am: He goes on patrol with other low class samurai to guard the walls of the castle.
1:00pm: After lunch, the samurai has fitness training. They practice fighting with swords with expert teachers.
3:00pm: He will leave the castle to go and visit the local craftsman. The craftsman usually mends armor for the samurai.
4:00pm: He takes a bath in a hot-spring.
5:00pm: Now that he is clean, he can visit the Buddhist temple to pray.
8:00pm: He has dinner with the other samurai, and eat rice, soup, and fish.
10:00pm: Guarding is over, he has some rice and wine with his other samurai friends.
11:00pm: It is time to go home. His wife greets him and tells what they did during the day.
12:00pm (midnight): It is bedtime, but he meditates before he sleeps.
