Having fun with Jean and Michael

New Bonsai Museum and Hikawa Jinja in Saitama City

No photos allowed of the bonsai trees, but some were 200 years old. This is an emperial shrine, and the grounds are like a huge park; huge trees and plants are Saitama City's claim to fame. (Now also has a professional baseball team).

Mori Art Museum, etc.

1. Well..how about Tokyo Tower
2. Also..ahmmm...Akihabara Electronics district
   
3. and St. Alban's Church
   

Asian food samplings, "plus..."

The Japanese language classes are composed of us "foreigners," so the teachers organized a home-country cooking event. The countries represented that day were Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil(Western), Peru(Western), China, Japan (teachers), Vietnam and Westerners from Italy(pesto) and the US (NYCheesecake)=not pictured. Pictured is yours truly helping the Chinese cooking station make "jyozu" (dumplings-type).

Mother's Day Shamisen Concert

Taipei, Taiwan here and there