Friday with South/Saturday with Sarasa at michael lambe

What you see above is my dear friend Philippe singing his little French heart out at Pagode on Friday night. “South” which consist of Akira from Kyoto and “Be” from Australia were playing. “South” play and have mastered a wide variety of instruments, which (with the exception of Be’s flute and Akira’s trumpet), are mostly from the southern hemisphere (hence their name) and they made a triumphant and joyful racket that night with their xylophone, djembe and didgeridoo (plus an assortment of percussion instruments I know not what to call). Philippe, my be-turbaned friend, was so fired up by their performance he decided to join in and all of a sudden “South” had become his backing band. I don’t know what he was singing about (and he confessed afterwards he didn’t either) but he certainly looked like he was having a good time. You can see more pictures by clicking here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46253270@N00/sets/72157594164482825/show/
I wanted to upload them here but I couldn’t and I’ve given up trying.

On Saturday Sarasa came up to Kyoto from Osaka for the afternoon. Sarasa is an old friend from my days in Tokyo, working at Lado International College (http://www.lado.ne.jp/). She’s been based in Osaka since last autumn working as a flight attendant, but has just landed herself a sweet job with Virgin Airlines and will be moving to London next month. As she’s leaving she popped up to say goodbye and we had a pleasant day walking round Higashiyama, taking a Rikshaw ride and visiting Kiyomizudera. Here are some pictures at Kiyomizudera.
How green is that? See how green it is. That’s green.
Fortunately, yesterday was sunny. It had been raining heavily all week with lots of landslides up and down the country… but the sun finally came out and these pictures are the result. Unbelievably, since Sunday it’s been raining again. Sarasa at Kiyomizu Dera.

Myself and a large white rabbit.