Karaoke nights.

We had too much fun doing karaoke in Yoron. Toooo much fun. Here are snippets from karaoke night #1, which was preceded by a sunset party with our students from city hall (NOT the preschool kids) and the board of education. The people of Yoron know how to party. And when I say party, I mean partaaay.

Many of these photos come from Javier's camera, but were taken by me. Because Javier was slightly incapacitated.








Uhm. I was not passed out right there. I was laughing really, really hard.

Karaoke night #2 had fewer alcohol-induced moments, but it was fun nonetheless.

The badass on the left is Yogi. He is an excellent karaoke singer.

"YOU WA SHOCK!!!"

Kabuki and Karaoke.

We visited Kabukiza Theater in Ginza (still Tokyo), where we watched one act. It was just beautiful. The quick costume changes -- that take place in a fraction of a second -- were especially spectacular. I wish we were allowed to take photos inside the theater.



We also had our first karaoke night to say goodbye to Mitsuro.

I sang "Livin' On A Prayer." Of course.

My second time around, I sang "Stairway to Heaven." Two minutes into the song, I realized that this genius of a song is probably not preferred for karaoke, considering it is nine minutes long. Oh well.

Katie brought out her inner Britney Spears:


Javier featuring Lisa as a back-up dancer.


Even Sensei boogied. And got a little tipsy.


Thank you, Mitsuro!


(And also, thanks to Sho for these photos of karaoke, which are so much better than mine.)