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Japan 2005 Page 1

Gold Temple

Gold Leafed temple in Kyoto.

Smorking

What the hell? If one barrel is for dust....then what do you do with the smork . oh...smoking you say . ah This was taken outside a mall . 7 floors of japanese women. It was totally packed.

 

Sake Night

Maybe , Just maybe Ellen Churchill and I have had too much Sake and Beer....before dinner.

Hotel Window

The view from my hotel room in Tokyo.The picture doesn't do it justice i know...

Beatles

Now this was interesting. We show up at this little club in Kasugai that turns out to be a Beatles bar. I immediately jumped on stage to play an entire set of Beatle covers with this John Lennon Look a like/sound a like. Other than the english he knew from the songs he didn't know anything. I found it rather touching and mind blowing that even though we could not communicate with each other we had the language of music in common. This guy knew every Beatle song ever done. It was a honor to perform with him.

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My host family in Kasugai

My host family, The Yamadas in Kasugai . 5 nights of Fun! Mr. Yamada is a master Shakahuchi Player as well as a high school teacher. Fantastic Family! Missing is their daughter who is now in College

Fuji

Can you say Mount Fuji?

Expo Canadian Pav

My first performance at Expo was at the canadian pavilion. Whoo Hoo. Rock and Roll I'm on tour.

Temple\

Temple #16 on our trip....This one was right outside a huge outdoor mall in Nagoya.

Food

I love the food... And the Beer! There was very little i didn't enjoy on this trip. It was just really good stuff.

Geisha Girl

Noel with a geisha Girl outside a temple in Kyoto

Jello

Ok in Japan there are these vending machines everywhere . At least two block. Every time I was thirsty I tried to try a new drink. This time it was Grape jelly drink...OK lets give it a shot.....It turns out to be Grape Jello in a can...here i'm trying to get the stuff out...Maybe next time i should try and shake it up some before trying to drink :-)

Boobies

Tattoo What? No... we never got this straight. Do you get your boobies tattooed here or do you possibly buy/see boobies that are tattooed? Hmm it will be one life's mysteries i suppose.

Global commons

My Second performance at Expo was at the Global Commons 2 stage. Fun stuff. Excellent sound and an appreciative crowd. I wanted more more more.