Hi everybody!!! I just thought that I would post some pictures from Japan on this really cool blog Mom created.Last night Sunstar Japan had a welcome party for Richard and myself. It came with a lot of beer some Saki and even a nice Japanese girl...I know what you are thinking and no there was not a happy ending. Don't think I didn't ask.
We went to a bar in Kusatsu and I'll be damned if I could pronounce the name let alone remember what it was called. That is neither here nor there.
The first picture is of Me and Richard Ohigashi, he is my boss at Sunnex and is very drunk in this picture...and so am I.
The next picture is of Kenji Akiyama (R&D for Sunnex & chick magnet), Shinsuki Otaka (Sales Engineer for Sunstar and alcohol consumption champion), and me. Anytime Otaka san took a picture with me he gave a thumbs up. Otaka san made me feel very welcome. He would cheers my glass and say things like "Welcome to Sunstar, Cheers, Kumpai and Salute" After the 25th time of doing this I realized that he was trying to get me drunk. Mission accomplished
The next picture is of Richard and Bie Fukui (Sunstar Engineer) she is filling up Richards Saki for the umpteenth time. It came as a surprise to me that she is 32 years old, I would have guessed she was 25. Then it came as a disappointment that she was married. She had a very good sense of humor being the only girl and having 4 Japanese men and 1 American hit on her all night...of course we hit on her she's married not dead.
This last picture is of Richard and Yoshinobu san. Yoshinobu san was the previous General Manager of Sunnex. He was also the previous owner of my green furniture.I caught him sleeping like 10 times during our meeting with Harley. To be fair he wasn't the only Japanese person sleeping during the meeting, they all sleep in meetings. They try to pass it off as meditation, but I know what they're up to.
I didn't take pictures of the food so I will try to describe it to you. It was raw and slimy with a side of soy sauce. I'm gonna pat myself on the back for that vivid description. I'm sure you can almost see the food right in front of you...I'm gonna have to take pictures of the food next time.
Well that has been the highlight of my trip so far. Stay tuned for tales of Tokyo.
Your shamelessly hung over family member,
Brian
4 comments:
Sounds like you fit right in over there with all those partiers. Hope you manage to get some pictures "OUTSIDE" a bar. Thanks for the post. I was so happy to see it. I've been checking the world time on the palm to try to figure out what you're doing at different times of the day. It probably safe to assume - Drinking! Take care Brian.
I see you are doing as the Janpanese do while you are in Japan. Did you fall asleep during the meeting also? You gave us a good laugh and we feel better about you being so far away. Take care and come back safely
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This is a very good and amusing log of your trip. Keep it up. I do hope though that when you get back to America, you don't bring that Japanese style of meditation back with you. I'm not sure that your bosses here would appreciate it.
Lori
Hi Brian,
I hope you enjoyed your tour of Tokyo. In your travels did you see any miniture cups and saucers?
I won't be disappointed if you couldn't find any.
Today Ohigashi leaves you and comes back to Dayton. Your on your own kid. I'm sure you will do just fine. Love you lots.
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