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Photos - 2001 - page 2


Ummm... am I doing this right? August, 2001.


Aw, my students are sooo cute! Their version of me (I couldn't draw like THAT when I was in grade 2!)

 

 


Karaoke!!!!!

 


The Gaijin (foreigner) gang in my area.

 


August 2001: Taiko Festival

 


Mmmm. Umeshuu (plum wine) is sooo good (but watch out for those plums at the bottom!). Melanie, Isabel, and Jen.

 


Himeji castle - only an hour and a bit away! (September 2001)

 


The gaijin gang attempts to summit Mt. Seppiko.

 

Sara O. from Oregon and I.

 


Sara N. (also from Oregon) and I with Kyoto's Golden Temple in the background.

 


Sunsets and side streets: an evening in Kyoto.

 


Learning the Koto (October, 2001)

 


Oooh the technology: sending e-mail on our cell phones. Me, Scott, and Jen (both from L.A.)

 


Hallowe'en at Okuganaya Elementary School

 


Shun Mura and I on Hallowe'en (he was born and raised in Oregon, but now lives in Ikuno).

 


Ruriji Temple (November, 2001). The view from the monks' quarters.

 


Monkeys, monkeys everywhere ( Ruriji, November 2001)

 


The Ichi River, which runs through Ikuno

 


I am SO proud of my students: Chie and Kanami.

 

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