Gotta love Japan

Where else in the world can you ride around town on this:

Wearing sungulasses:

Before buying some of these:

Come on, admit it - you all want to live here, too!!

random pics

Obviously it has been a while since my last post ('winter' post excluded), and I've been up to a fair amount in between times, so here a few pictures that hardly do justice to what it is like living here. . .

Chris Mack and me at a karaoke bar (note the empty beer glass on the table)

Feel the love!

Believe it or not, but I CAN bake! You are looking at a hand made birthday chocolate cake made for a Japanese friend. It is surrounded by Oreo's because his name is Norio. Well I thought it was funny.

Winter

Well, winter is over and the ski season finishes in a couple of days, but I'm happy to report that I managed a couple of trips to mountains in Hiroshima and had a pretty good time. I think my biggest achievement was not (badly) f**king myself up. Woohoo! Anyway, the snow was pretty awesome and I'm already planning a couple of trips with Japanese friends next season. Bring on winter!!

Me and Yuri. Behind us is the house we stayed at - it is about 700m from the slopes!!

Yuri, Matt and me after a full day of skiing. We were stuffed!

The snow was 250cm deep and powder. Perfect!