Boxing Day

This was Professor Tadashi Yamada's bash for graduate students. He is in the front far right. A precious Professor indeed.
Some of what we had. I have really improved my scope of intake as you can tell.

Christmas is Here

I spent christmas day with my loving Japanese family for dinner. Yes.. the cake was oishii (delicious). Oh! and as usual attended mass at the local church. I am still a staunch Catholic.. Shintoism has not rubbed off and its not likely to do so anytime soon.

Christmas Eve & Automobiles

Italian Job...

A taste of the world famous Japanese car auctions - tonnes of automobiles on offer to the highest bidder. Spent my christmas eve here with Kenyan auction dealers.. bumped into a number of jaw droppers and finally... wound up in Roppongi Hills (Tokyo Party Kapitaal)

Farewell Breakfast to Professor

This was an 8 a.m. farewell breakfast for Prof. Rhee from Seoul, South Korea. He took us on East Asia Politics and Economics and was without a doubt a brilliant and insigtful Economist. He is the zaks in a dark suit and jungle greenish shirt.

Odaiba, Tokyo

The view from a friends digz in Odaiba, Tokyo.

Beach

At the beach. Japanese beaches are really nice lakini hazitoshi Mombasa raha kamwe.

Summer View

The view from my window in summer.

Yush's Japanese Family

This is my lovely "Japanese family" known as the Takamichi's. This family concept is designed to get you adopted by a Japanese family for stronger intercultural interactions. It works man! because those twins Emi Chan and Miki Chan truly make my day.

Deekays tanjobi

This was Deekays surprise birthday party. As you can tell, this Fiji man is still seething from the surprise attack.

The Cohorts

Deekay (Fiji), Villamar (Ecuador), Raquel (Brasilia), Me, Damaru (Nepal), Aye (Ethiopia)

Annual University Festival

Shumba (Zimbabwe), Kanojo and Yush at the annual Uni festival
Japanese folk singers
Japanese Shamisen Band
With soccer mates Zak (Brazil), Me and Quispe (Brazil)

Gradschool.. Life & Times

United Nations University (UNU)
On my way to lectures after enduring the Tokyo subways. Believe me.. its not the best of life. With Professors and fellow Cohorts of the United Nations University (UNU)
Yush and Fukumoto on their way to school

and finally Tsukuba University...

Hopefully this provides a snaphot of my Grad school life in Japan.

Shibuya, Tokyo

MG san and Yush. MG san is my right hand man in reign and crime in Japan. Trust me.

Saavedras Birthday

Professor Saavedra's birthday party from left MG, Hidayat, Marco, Me, Damaru, Otsubo, Louise and Chan Chan.

Blowin an invisible whistle (kupiga binja maanake) .. was the referee for the birthday soccer match.. Below from left is me my Microeconomics don, Professor Hanaki, fellow cohort Hidayat (Pakistan) and Prof Louis Augustin-Jean (France).

Barbeque fiesta

The good times. Enjoyin a barbeque under the steady state hands of Chef Castillo. From left Castillo (Chile), Chan Chan (China), Yush, Deekay (Fiji), Marco (Brazil), Renato (Brazil).