Some of my English club students with their sempai, Megumi.  

Me and Yumi. Isn't she so cute? She's in the kendo club! Strong girl too! 

Me and Saki. One of my English club students that graduated. 

Mai (far left) and friends after graduation. 

Nana (middle) and friends. 

More of the bads boys. Can you see the twins? 

I was invited to the brunch after the 6th graders' music concert. 

Suguru and friends 

Music Concert Lunch @ Kita Elem school 

This is the cover art for story #4, The Blackmail continues, in The Adventures of Bianca Sukiyama series I am writing. In this scene, Bianca is backup for Michael during his meeting with Dark Path. She doesn't know that she is about to be stunned. For a copy of stories 3 and 4, please email me. 

Japanese Wedding

February 5, 2005--This is my friend, Nana Takatsuka's, wedding that I attended in Nagoya, Japan. Most people, not even friends, are allowed to view the actual wedding ceremony, only the reception. I was invited to both. Her wedding was such an experience. I was told by her friends that her wedding was not traditional. The reception was so entertaining from the beginning to the end. Enjoy!

Nana and her father.  

Shigero's nieces. They're half Brazilian and Japanese. This is a very non-traditional Japanese wedding btw. 

From here, me and 3 of her other friends were chosen to throw feathers over their heads on their exit from the wedding hall. 

They're debut at the wedding reception.  

They broke open the box of sake and served some for everyone together. 

This was the friends' table. We sat very close to the bride and groom. 

Nana and I-- one of the few times she had time to talk to her friends. 

They're pounding o-mochi (pounded rice that comes out to this deliscious gooey rice ball - we ending up eating it as a snack). 

Doesn't she look like a model? I love those red tulips. 

Cutting the cake. That cake was sooo good with all those fresh strawberries on it. 

Some of Nana's friends at the after-party. 

Picture of Yours Truly from the 2004 Boogie Nights party by Amanda Gomes. Isn't she the greatest, she "enhanced" my features quite a bit for the 2005 party poster. Nice! 

The trees looked like they were on fire, they were so red. Autumn is beautiful in Japan. This is a Japanese maple tree at Kyoto's Ginkakuji Temple. 

A sunny haze over the canopy of trees at Ginkakuji Temple in Kyoto.  

This is Lisa and I in Kyoto's Ginkakuji (Silver) Temple.