Sunday, June 12, 2011

Barbecue House

I went to this amazing little barbecue house with Hiro and some of our mutual friends and acquaintances on Saturday. (My readers might recognize some picnic regulars here--we hanami'd together, did some golden week time too.) It felt like deep Louisiana to me-- warm, humid day, foggy rainslicked windows, perched on the second floor of a clean but rickety little building; trees allowed to grow and branch through the building--bringing the outside in; small propane-powered camping grills serve as hibachi at each table, the flames a bit wily, but the boys managed them well. Spoke almost entirely in Japanese, having fairly competent conversations and making new friends. Great fun.

Clockwise, from top left: Hiro, me, Mari, Mikado, Naoko, Kyoumi, and Yuuki. It's Yuuki's 23rd birthday-- strawberry cake (^_^). Kimihito is holding the camera.


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