CHRISTMAS in Kudamatsu! - feat. Mike and Anna.
Nothing like best friends from home to brighten up a foreign and potentially lonely Christmas. Mike and Anna sped from their Japan-home in Gifu where they are teaching English, to my humble abode on the Friday before Christmas. I'd like to say I showed them all the glory of Yamaguchi-ken, but the truth is, we ended up just relaxing in my tatami (bamboo carpet) room for most of the time - it was just what we all needed. Some pictures.
On Saturday (Christmas Eve's eve) we had a Taiko concert at an old-folks home. Mike and Anna's first taiko experience, and even though we were pretty rusty, it was fun times.
The traditional cutting of the best friend's hair which is a ritual long practiced in Japan ever since that day I cut Mike's hair, which was last week, I guess.
SNOW!! Machi, Ken and Anna revelling in the first snowfall of the year, and what a snowfall! Flakes the size of my fist and perfect for chucking at the nearest friend. You can see the flakes are so big they cast a shadow from the flash.
The Tree Festival in neighbouring Tokuyama. Lots of lights, big stage, thumping subwoofers accompanying highflying cheerleading acts, dance groups, and singing performances. And many many food tents. Delish.
The main objective of this photo was to get the guy's hair behind me. So pay no attention to me and please refer to the mane of Japanese style piled behind me.
We bumped into Chika and Suguru (Taiko friends, if you have forgotten) as well as Arisa and her little sister. Arisa, along with Chika, were in my group at the Karyo English camp waaaay back in August! Check out that jacket Chika is wearing! These kids are stylin'.
1 comment:
wow! looks like you had a great time over the fuyu yasumi! i might head over to Yamaguchi-ken over haru yasumi, will you be around at that time?
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