Year End Party

Well it is that time of year again, Bonenkai 忘年会 Season. Fortunately I usually only have one to attend there are people that have them almost every night.
This year the Nagihana members met in Musashinokuchi. We went to a nice restaurant and our main dish was chankonabe, the meal that sumo wrestlers eat. It was very good. In the picture below is Miura the head of our group with Yoko san and of course our teacher.


Once people start taking pictures it is almost non sto and of course everyone wants a picture with our teacher. Nii san was the MC for the evening. She is a crack up. and she knows how to keep a party going.


So after everyone else had their turn the gaijin's decided to have a group picture. I guess we are a pretty unique group with 4 foreigners, the 3 ladies are German.

Tanaka sensei has changed a lot, the last few times that we have gotten together he has cried. I think he is moved by our groups friendliness and camaraderie. In his speech to use he thanked us for teaching him the importance of putting feeling and warmth in to our music. I realize that he is very thankful for the warmth that our group has shown him.

After the party we moved into part two which was another 2 hours of karaoke. And let me tell you some of these people lreally know how to let their hair down.