The BIG boys are in town!

Final day of the summer sumo tournament. The big boys show up.

Back with Kendo Boy

Gabbe is the one with an orange head-cloth under the helmet.

Yanokami - seriously sunshine!

You should listen to these guys, Yanokami, this music brings sunshine even to the rainy days. OK my kids had this "dad seriously" look when the voice of Akiko Yano was floating around the flat, but even they fell for this fascinating music after some listening.

Happiness is different!

Or is this belly dancing japanese style?

Belly dancing in Kawasaki!

Manav to the left?

Who needs karaoke anyway?

When U can kill "things"

Vineets wedding celebration!

In the end we got 2 celebrate Vineets wedding!

Henry Ford! Is he a taylor?

You can have any color as long as it is black!

You never walk alone.

So many lonely people, gathered in the same place.

Isak in his favorite spot! Online, chat n youtube!

The new backyard! Multiple chats, watching southpark n listening 2 music, all at once :-) Kids are the future already!

Garageland!

A punkbar in Shibuya! Good 2 b 17 again! :-)

Bröllopsdag! .

Rose is a rose is a rose....

Clean Fun!

How 2 prepare 4 a clean life! Nico, a happy guy, some real food n a bath in sight. Oodaiba onsen is a really fun place! OK a little artificial..... But a great concept! Beer and Bath!

Big in Japan!

Buddha!
We had a wonderful hike up-n-down this mountain, lots of Buddha figures hidden away, this was obviously the biggest one! Note that both Gabbe (white T-shirt) n Isak (blue sweater) is in the picture.

Nikklas e framme i Tokyo!..

Första utflykten i Tokyo detta milleniet!

A tired but happy Nico just off the plane from Sweden, gyoza lunch in Harajuku then a stroll down to Shibuya. We went home briefly before dinner at Tengu in Meguro. Quite brave he tried everything we gave him, he seemed happy about the food (even the horse meet went down) n went a little tired back to the train station for a short ride back to his hotel.

José González

I very rarely discover new music, not enough time to listen that much!

But recently on a loooong flight to Copenhagen I did have the time to listen a little to José González,
really cool, slightly ambient melancholic music :-)
Back home again I went out and bought the Veneer CD.

It is really good! Perfect for crowded train rides and 4 bad days in the office. Like today, Saturday & Holiday :-(

Never heard of him? Check him out!

A nice website and some stuff on myspace is there 4 U!

Some people know what to do with their Ph.D. studies!

Size Matters!

Interesting life!
Being an expat sounds like a cool thing, in Japan of all places!
True happiness here is when you find shoes in your own size,
not that easy where size 12 is considered REALLY big!

From the happy owner of a pair of red shoes :-)

Kendo pojken!

Gabbe som enda gaijin på Kendo! En kvinna pratar, lite, engelska annars bara Japanska o kroppsspråk.

or In English:
Gabbe the Kendo boy. The only gaijin around, only one of the women speaks English but he enjoys the practice anyway. He started off when we came here almost 2 years ago with the other beginners (mostly 5 & 6 year olds) and has since then advanced to his own age group.