Sakura and Randomness

During the last ten minutes of lunch break, two of my office friends--Mr. Fujinaga and Yayoi--took me to see the sakura in town. We drove to a lookout on top of a mountain. I had no idea this place even existed. Although the blossoms were not in full bloom, the view was stunning, nonetheless.



Just after I took the above photo, we noticed there was an enkai occuring below where we stood consisting of many elderly people. Of course they all stopped drinking to look at us. I nodded my head a bit to say hello. As we were headed back to Mr. Fujinaga's van, one of the enkai members came up to us and introduced himself to me. Turns out the group wanted me to introduce myself, etc. Mr. Fujinaga kept saying that we had no time for it, but the group would have it no other way. So I did my little ditty in Japanese, then they made me shake everyone's hands. Ha, I felt like I was teaching elementary school. These kinds of things used to unnerve me, especially when I first arrived to Japan. But this time I was quite relaxed. So if anything, I am improving my public speaking skills by working in this country, which is definitely a good thing.