Santa and Friends 2012 - Unedited

Santa and Friends 2012 - Unedited This is the final part of the kids day, where they open up their presents. I am always a little dissapointed at the Japanese way they carefully open the packages without tearing the paper. I am always hoping to see the wrapping paper fly like a ticker tape parade in NYC.

Korankei Fall Color Viewing

Lucky me!  One of the most famous spots in Japan to see the changing of the fall leaves is right near Nagoya. Korankei; whicih is near Toyota City, offers views of 4,000 maple trees exploding with vibrant red, yellow, and orange leaves as the trees begin to shed their summer clothes in preparation for the long winter.

The trees, on top of being colorful, are lit from below by floodlights, giving the area a magical atmosphere.  It was a pretty good group, and a good trip!  Highlight pics!

www.mirai.ne.jp/^asuke
www1.citytoyota-kankou-jp.org

Old Skook Hip Hop Night!

My friend Will Taylor and I have been talking about doing an Old School night in Nagoya for some time, and we did our first one last weekend.  Had a wonderful time, except when I fell on my face on the way home and dotted my own eye; besides that it was a great time!  We are going to do it again monthly for 2 more months and then re-assess the frequency.  Good times!

Some shots from the event. 

Girl from Alabama; she was awesome!

Coworker, Friend from Seattle, 'bama girl

A DJ I know from Africa and his Girlfriend; they always together as far as I have seen. Nice couple.

Will Taylor; "My DJ"

Freddie is a graduate student in Engineering and the bar owner's brother.  He is pretty sharp.

Forget his name, I do that alot, but a nice guy.  Dude in the beanie in the background is the owner; Eddie. Cool guy, takes good care of his customers.

Evolution Bar, Sakae, Nagoya, JAPAN

This guy is cool too.

Not a big place, no.

This got worse later... I really did myself wrong!