An Office Picture

Here's an office picture. Typical Japanese office with no partitions. Just rows of desks face to face. In the background is a partition that separates 1 group from another. There are about 80 people on this floor.

Sometimes it gets very loud as people talk on the phone.

Tommy's Christmas Concert

Tommy and some of his classmates put on a Christmas concert. One of his classmates' mom is a music teacher and recruited a few of the kids and their moms to put on a concert for fun. Here's Tommy and some of his classmates.

Richmond Kids in Tokyo

Here are a couple pics of a few of Michael's classmates from Richmond in Portland. Two of his classmates have moved here since we did and now live in Tokyo. A couple of other classmates were here for winter vacation to visit their Japanese families. Also, Mogi-sensei was here as well.

Everyone had a great time at Jumpei's house. We ate lots of great Japanese food and the kids had a great time getting caught up with each other. It was a time for sharing Portland school news, Japanese life stories, and playing their favorite video games.

Also, Caleb's dad had some fun drawing upside down faces on some of the kids and putting on a short skit. It was hilarious and the uncontrolled laughing by the parents was priceless.