Utah & Japan (日本) Week 9-10

What a great couple of weeks.

First, I was able to go home for the week of Thanksgiving and spend some much needed time with family.

My parents had a "Thanksgiving Like" family dinner on Sunday where almost everybody on my side of the family showed up - I was so great to see and catch up with everybody!

Thursday's Thanksgiving dinner was with Kathie's side of the family and they all came to our house. It was so great to reconnect with everyone.

I really had a great time playing and wrestling with Clark, he's growing up so fast and had a lot of personality!

The week went by so fast, but was fantastic!

There was a little hiccup on the way back to Japan, I was delayed getting out of Salt Lake by four hours because of a snow storm - so when I got to LA, my flight to Narita had already left (there is only one a day). I would rather have been stuck another day at home, instead of on the 14th floor at the airport Hilton watching plane after plane land.

I was able to leave the next day with no problems.

On Friday night, Jun Fujikowa (Teleflex Country Manager), took me out for a night in 六本木 - Roppongi. It is a very happening place at night. When we first stepped out of the cab, we were approached one after another by African men that are really trying to drum up their business (if you know what I mean). They are everywhere, and followed us all the way to the restaurant. Jun took me to a place called Inakaya. They serve your drinks and food on a large wooded paddle. The food was fantastic. We then went to the Hard Rock, which was only about a block away . After the Hard Rock we came back to where Inakaya was and upstairs was a place called the Bauhaus - There is a live Classic rock band there each night. The place was small and the music was loud, but it was a lot of fun listening to the Japanese accented Classic Rock songs being cranked out. Check out this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb9JsJqNES4&feature=related

We got home way past my bedtime, but what a blast!

On Saturday, I went back to Yoyogi park and walked around the beautiful grounds again.

I saw a couple of funny things that gave me a chuckle, and had to post them. My favorite is "The temple explodes the chicken cube".