掛川 pics

One of my new friends, Mari. Another cricket fan; stayed up until 3 in the morning to hear Michael Vaughn lift the ashes with Al last week. The next day I had 5 ichi nensei classes in row... tiring... but worth it.


My new family! It's a shame the grandmother had left by then or she was the next size down in the line.

On returning home after the weekend I went out with a group of JETs for Nathans birthday. We went local to this tiny Japanese bar and I ended up swapping guitar chops with a 3-toothed Japanese guy and drinking sake. He wanted me to play the blues and he played all this traditional Japanese folk music which was really cool... oh! and House of the Rising Sun too! awesome.
This was before we headed out and presented Nathan with his tea-light and japanese sweetcake. The chap in the background is my other cricket-buddy Al.