The Nippon Ginko crew, they gave an awesome tour of the Niigata Branch 

My last day at the tsukada home 

My friends Don Don, Mai, and Juan, Don Don and Mai are from the Phillipines and Juan is from Argentina, and Juan is freaking crzy , he speaks more languages than I do, and has lived all over the place (his dad's a diplomat, figures, lol) and he met the Pope and Mandela!!!! 

russian guys dancing at an international brunch 

A giant statue of somebody 

my first host dad and his milk! 

pasteurization, that is so wrongly spelled, or is it, no idea 

milk automation, more specifically my first host dad's company's milk automation 

crazy taikoness 

kids playing flute and tokyo 

taiko 

A shot ot a Niigata Park 

a section of ryutopia, the performing arts center 

Hakusan Park's entrance 

the fountain of Hakusan koen 

ME TOO, but i'm getting too old, I really can't pull off the criss cross apple sauce anymore, lol 

MEDITATING BY THE POND 

LIA AND I AND A LION STATUE 

i look tired 

a cooler shot of the pond 

HAKUSAN PARKS POND 

this snow man is filled with 10 million dollars worth of shredded YEN!!! 

here's the picture with mr. Tsukada 

the last 14 hours perhaps with my first host family 

my former host brother and his mini bike