Dinner with my Grad Seminar Students

Since Jan 22 was the last day of the fall semester classes,

 I took my grad students out for lunch.

Farewell Dinner

We all gathered for a farewell dinner to thank David for his 

wonderful seminars.  Our thanks also extend to Izumi, the

organizer of this lecture tour in Tokyo.

Prof. Onishi and Izumi

David and Juro

Junko and Endo-san

At Yukimi's for Dinner

Yukimi cooked dinner for us to welcome David to Tokyo.  She has 

installed a recent painting by Dominique Thino in her living room.

Yukimi in Obama T-shirt and David

Mom and David

At Yasukuni Shrine

The year plate "Cow" symbolizes the new year 2009

Both of us are Christians and not Shintoists but we came here to

learn about the historical presentation in the museum.

Many sake barrels dedicated to the shrine from all over Japan

David D. Hall Lecture Tour in Tokyo 2009

Sophia Lecture on American Literature and Religion (Jan. 15)

Before the seminar, we had a tour at the Kulturheim.  

Juro, Father Takayanagi, David

CPAS Seminar at U of Tokyo on "Print Culture and Public Sphere" (Jan. 13)

Kenryu, David, Anri Morimoto

A Happy New Year from Ginza

Since January 2nd is the first day for sales, we went to Ginza to purchase
our happy-lucky bags for the year 2009.
At L'Aduree just opened in 2008 on the second floor of Mitsukoshi.
(Mother, Shitsuyo, My sister Yukimi)
Macaroons and Mont Blanc for desserts


Mom in front of the subway entrance
Happy lucky bags