random pics from February and March!

my students love me

Hina Matsuri dolls

An entire ski area was lit up with candles in Nakasato for the local festival. I ate rabbit there.

at the Kashiwazaki fish market

There's a little baby named Gouta down there somewhere

this is sushi

Extra green beer, extra gross beer for St. Patty's

Emura Sensei, my favorite principal, retiring

The English ladies of Minami Junior High. Ms. Kawase is moving on WAAAHHH

Junichi and Hiroko, green booger monster enthusiasts

Katsu's last night in Japan at Karaoke

Sending Katsu off to Canada, at Narita airport in Tokyo. Katsu ganbarre!

Mom at the snow fest

Mom chilling with the oyojis

Mom and a big snow monkey

Cutest green tea serving kimono girl EVER

Snow tea ceremony

tea ceremony

The sisters out in the cold

Tokamachi snow fest main stage. The top row are all my girl students dancing in Kimono, from Minami

mom rockin' the snow tunnel

The champion of the snow sculptures

snow ikebana

Me and a monkey

monkey 1 and monkey 2, baby monkey

Mom and a monkey

Susie and the leaning monkey

Clean, warm monkeys

At the kimono factory

Mom 1, Aunt Susie 0