Japan is usually a pretty boring place to be for NYE - it's got a more Christmas vibe, kinda solemn - people go to the local temples to pray and generally hang out with family, eating Osechi (special New Years food) and watching TV. I spent last NYE at home with Tyler, Jamie & Eun-Yeung sheltering from the bitter cold.
This year was quite different (for a start it is much warmer this year...) - wigs, soba noodles (for long life), champers, disco and lots of company. I took my guests from Australia, James and Sean, down to my fave Kichijoji Restaurant, The Peppermint Cafe, for their countdown party - and had warned them not to expect too much in terms of western style NYE madness. We were all pleasantly surprised... It was an awesome night, full of mayhem and mischief. There are more photos but I'm sorry - I have to hide them away for a very rainy day far away.... where the grandkids will never find them....
What is it about wigs and alternate identities anyway?....
The above photo features a good friend - the very excellent and eccentric Mikorin.
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Akiko
James (one of my friends from Brisbane)
Kenji looks great in a wig...
Erm, this is Fanny the parlour-maid...
Akiko, Mikorin, Risa
Sean and James (the boys from Brisbane)
Sean, me and James... after a bottle or 2 of wine....