Yamaguchi JET Christmas Party - in Beautiful Hagi.

A very enjoyable evening. Italian restaurant, gift exchange, good eats and drinks and conversations.



The distinguished Marko. One of the coolest guys in the ken, he has done much in his 36 years including graduating from Oxford with a History degree, which we young bucks always tease him about.


Brett and Junko... Junko is one hip girl, even though nobody says hip anymore. Has a unique sense of fashion (kinda hippy) which is both a great feat and at the same time not at all surprising because everyone is fashionably unique in the same way in Japan.


Louise and a Japanese man who owns a 70's vintage store who came over to talk to us. He had on an amazing Chicago Cubs sweater which unfortunately, you can't get the full scope of in this photo.


Sally and Louise pose with the Benda, Sally's work car. This was my ride home after the part; probably the smallest car I've ever ridden in. The backseat was actually less than 90 degress so my spine was distorted after a while.