Winter break

Not too much say in regards to the brief winter break we had! Had a reasonably quiet Christmas Day, although Christmas Even was spent at Kumamoto's Lutheran Church to see Alexa, Christen and Vikki sing Go Tell It On The Mountain with the choir, enjoyed that. Following that we headed out for quite a few drinks.

On the 28th a small group of us visited Yamaga to do some onsen-dipping, an activity I always enjoy.

New Year's Eve was reasonably quiet but enjoyable - Lauren and I were hanging out with my friend Takeshi, who also runs Bar:Colon. We went with him to his friend's house which also happens to be a radio broadcast studio, and had a few drinks and some stuff to eat. Also paid a visit to the local shrine at around 2am or thereabouts.

Highlight of the break was probably the visit out to Arao with Dr Tomei to experience some sword test-cutting.



Following that they put on a great beer + nabe lunch. :)