| At the "bug bridge", Ouchi-chou. Lot's of little metal bug statuettes...cool! |
| At a party for the outgoing school president of Ouchi JHS. |
| With my sister, Katie, at the party. |
| Katafuchi pours me a cup of sake. |
| Then forces me to down it, the sneak! |
| Group photos of the Ouchi JHS teachers (and me!) |
| At a karaoke party that followed the party! |
| With Natsuki at the karaoke session. |
| Off to the school itself - and we've been spotted! |
| Class photo of Matsuda's class. Natsuki also sneaks in! |
| Playing football with the students. I'm moments away from a fall here! |
| Helping some students with the cleaning of the school office! |
| Katie patrols the class room. |
| School lunch - I was still pretty bad with chopsticks in these days!! |
| Natsuki's class - boys on the verge of causing chaos as always! |
| Giving my self introduction. |
| And showing Star Wars style disapline to one trouble maker! |
| Two of the more crazy kids, with Katie and Matsuda-sensei. |
| Same two kids, about 1 minute later...foolishness! |
| Nearly Christmas, so a cake making session was in order. At least, that was the plan. |
| Followed by a nice cup of tea... |
| My first view of Kendo, at the school! |
| More Kendo Carnage. |
| A group photo at the adult education class...I gave a short sports related speech, translated by Tomiko |
| My first visit to Herbal to see the Inoue family - I would be back many times over the following years. |
| With Kamiyo, Yoshiko, and some free donuts!! |
| Yoshiko, Kikuka, myself and Katie trying to get Pochi to face the camera! |
| Giving a girl a piggy back ride at the special needs class. |
| It was the Christmas party for the kids. |
| And a good opportunity for pass the parcel (the prize? It's a pen!!) |
| Group photo in front of the Christmas tree... |
| With Tomiko and Tetsu! Funny little boy.... |
| Having dinner with Natsuki's and his parents. |
| At Kumamoto Castle with Katie and Natsuki's mother. |
| Same group, at the Kamikaze museum |
| Now Natsuki's father has made it into a shot - Sakurajima..a very active volcano! |
| Having a sandbath at Kagoshima. So hot! But a good experience! |
| Sand bath or Mr Potato Head? |
| Day before my birthday, a meal with some of Katie's friends. |
| Then off to Uraku for an onsen. Bizarre clothing they hand out...! |
| With Natsuki in the onsen. |
| My birthday! Another meal out, with an assortment of friends! |
| After the meal, a Birthday Karaoke Session! |
| Shiromizu getting into the rhythm! |
| With my sister, Kamiyo and Kikuka on the morning I went home... |
