Chillin' in Nanae-cho

Hello!  We have wrested the blog back from dog-san, who was distracted by yummi onigiri.  Wow, much time has passed...we will post a quick photo-summary of events here:

Hero's welcome in Nanae-cho -- potluck party brought us to tears!  These are the nicest people in the entire Hemisphere!

Our very brief career as Taiko-drummers:

Below: the people who ACTUALLY know how to Taiko drum:

Reunions with old friends:

Hakodate-yama on a cloudy day:

Mt. Komagatake ("kumo" gatakae, or cloud-covered, for most of the day...I think Emi and Koji 's presence parted the clouds!)

Lets mosey on down to Moo-town!

Dog-san is bored, so we will cease now and update more later...

- D