IAIN & LEIGH.

Iain (pictured) of the above-mentioned couple - also passing through Tokyo.

PHYSICAL.

The kids get put through their annual paces and such.

SPECIAL GUESTS.

Dee & Marghe (as well as the Maikos) joined me for a couple of classes.

NIKKO.

A day trip with Mai and Dee and Marghe, taking in its beautiful shrine in the trees.

BIRTHDAY BASH.

The yearly assembly of my and Mai's gang in Shibuya.

POTS & PETALS.

A day of tourism with the guests around crockery town near Asakusa.

SPRING.

It's hard to beat this time of year, for an Englishman.

D & M.

Dee and Margherita arrive just in time for the blossom's peak.

FLOWER TOWER.

Tokyo Tower peeking through the blossom.

FLOWER VIEWING.

Assorted images of hanami - literally 'flower viewing'.

THAI.

A rather exuberantly-decorated restaurant in Kichijoji.

HANAMI.

The blossoms are about a week late this year, finally emerging.