Brian's farewell party

Yukiko threw a farewell party for another ALT, Brian, who's leaving soon.

Outside Yukiko's house (very rural, really close to the mountains) after a day of snow

Yukiko and her grandson Mondo

A drunk Yukiko singing her favorite Beetles songs accompanied by Brian on guitar

Short videos of Mitsuru (Yukiko's son) and friends playing the アサラト Asarato, some kind of Western African musical instrument. Asarato is basically a pair of golf ball-sized wooden balls, with some sand-like substance in them, connected by a thin rope. You hold one ball in your palm and knock them together or fling the other around to produce a rattling sound Very bad quality videos cos they were taken with my cellphone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA5Ikqla4xw





Naoto's performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGpCXt0-L9w