ROADSIDE.

Speeding advice and overhead petrol hoses, another new one on me.

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE.

Taka and I eat octopus-shaped wieners whilst trading languages.

A LOT.

A parking lot, in Shibuya.

SHELVES.

As always, packed to perfection.

FUTSAL.

Me looking cool after playing footy opposite Mai's elementary school (pictured).
A trip to the Miyamoto's followed.

PEDAL BOARD.

Our new/stand-in guitarist's elaborate box of tricks.  Like a Japanese map.

BALL GAME.

Baseball is definitely not one of the best ball games, even at Tokyo Dome.

THAT TIME AGAIN.

It's sports festival week's climactic finale.

ECLIPSE / RING OF FIRE.

A solar eclipse en route to work.  In Japanese, 日食 (nishoku) means sun eat.

RING.

One for the ladies.

OFFICIAL.

The Jackamuras「ジャカ村」。 

YES.

Waiting for the train after a "yes" to my proposal over dinner.  Phew.

CHEZ NAKAMURA.

A Mother's Day trip to the Nakamura household, featuring Mr Nakamura's new pet.

RAIN.

Shibuya rains before, during and after a gig we did.

BELATED.

A joint celebration of birthdays passed.

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.