It’s like you’re there!! ….meaning you have to sit through about five minutes of the group before us. 🙂 Can you tell which one is me??
Yamato Awa Odori Festival Video!
And We Danced!
Exactly a year ago I crouched on this Yamato shopping street and watched the Chidori-ren dance and twirl. Ooooooo, I thought, I wish I was one of them! This weekend my wish came true. That’s me second from the right. Saturday night at the Yamato Awa Odori Fesetival was a dream—I hardly missed a step…
Yamato Awa Odori Festival Parade Route
The Chidori-ren (JMSDF dancers + us) start at the No. 12 circle at 5:30pm!
Ocean Day (Observed…by us)
Nothing says summer like a balmy evening on the sand sipping a cold lager and enjoying the salty smell of the sea. Especially when all these things also say it’s your birthday! We found the perfect little cabana along Enoshima beach to enjoy some curry rice, Asahi, good friendship and a blissful summer evening. With…
Awa Dance by Tammy Ward Photography
Tammy is an extremely talented Warlord here in WESTPAC!! Check out her photography website: www.tammyward.com.
So It Begins!
A-Yattosaaaaaaaa! Yatto yattoooooo! That’s how we start each new section of our formation dances. And this afternoon was this year’s debut performance in front of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Headquarters on NAF Atsugi! Today we had an 8-10:15am practice, took a quick shower break, then met back up at 11am for a quick…
Please Join me in the Forest of Mutual Contact
Riding the train along the Sotetsu Line toward Ebina from Yamato I sometimes look down as we’re crossing over a pretty little park along a river. The lush greenery always looks so serene, so tranquil, but I could never figure out quite how to get there. Well now, it turns out this park is just…