a jolly few days back in tokyo. thanks Tan and Geoff, i had an epic time! here are some photos.

some pictures from the recent sakura hanami. very nice this year. lots of blossom.

no to feel left out i decided to produce my own emaciated bod.

i am currently in Korea, where it is a delightful minus 6.5 degrees. i think i have lost a good deal of my face to frostbight. its still rather nice here as the food is fantastic and in general its very cheap. there was some suggestion at the airport that i would need an outgoing ticket on my return to japan but i have printed out my statement and am hopeing for the best. that said could you let me know a likely date i should book a ticket home in case i have to by one in narita or something unpleasent.

Sounds deeply hellish! it brought to mind this tarot card.

yes indeed, the first thing i thought when i saw the stone people i thought they looked remarkably like your paintings!

yes Mayumi has an iphone and it comes in very handy as a translator and gps device. Its like something out of 24 giving realtime satelite movement on googlemaps.