Christmas - Tokyo, Japan

My runny hangover from SE Asia afflicted me for the first few days of Tokyo, and I looked to be on the mend, only to have Megans hope of a binge eating xmas dashed when she caught the bug too. It turned out better than it could have though. Megan felt well enough to sample the bits and pieces, we had gifts a plenty and a pricey homestyle xmas dinner. Even bat-down cricket on the street.

The proprietors of a fine spread. Dan and Jen had joined us at Jasons for what was to be our 4th New Year together.

Jason liked his gift from us, a lovely meat cleaver, harking back to the flatting days where he refused to slice even the smallest thing without one.

And what do you think of our xmas tree? I found the loveliest branch from a tree in Jasons outdoor bit, hacked it off, cleaned the spideywebs off, and inserted it to a roll of bubble wrap that was just there, then populated the base with gifts.