Back in San Diego and what a good time I had. Great seeing some old time friends and getting to see two good friends get married. The only thing is that my other friends were also were getting married on the same day, so I only have pictures of Ryan and Kat's wedding, as they invited me to take part as a groomsman in the wedding. I must say that this was one of the nicest weddings/biggest weddings I have every been to. Thanks for making me a part of your wedding, it was well worth flying in on Friday and flying out on Monday. Wish I could of stayed longer, but have to get back to life in Japan.

My pictures are not the best, as I was trying to take some of the pictures standing at the front of the wedding. I can't wait to get a CD from Ryan with the professional photographers picture. Here is a link to a small slide show he put together: www.razoxstudio.com/gallery/wedding/rk/weddingday. Take a look if you can, it is such a good slide show. Also you can see what all the pictures I took at http://picasaweb.google.com/yamamotohenry. Enjoy!!

Praying that Ryan would not get married.....another bites the dust. Just joking!! Couldn't be happier that you got married to Kat and that I knew both of you from way back in the college days. I guess DSP brings people together =P.

The wedding chapel on the day of the rehersal. The sky was beautiful, which set up for a great day for the wedding.

Ryan and Kat's last night as single people ><.

The day of the wedding looking like pimps in our groomsmen outfits. Nice pick Ryan.

A man standing to face the reality of getting married. I could have swore Ryan was about to cry, but he had a bet with all of us that he wouldn't cry, so he kept it in.

Sealing the deal of marriage. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The married couple Mr. and Ms. Tolentino (or was it Tolino....inside joke). I guess it is not as bad as me and Max Holvik getting called Mr. Yosemite and Mr. Hulk. Good old automatic spell check on those emails. Good times, huh.

Me and Kat after she got married. I am so happy for you and with one of my best college friends. Hit me up if you need any help with accounting at your firm.

Of course I was craving Mexican food and what better time to go after getting married. So we hopped in the Limo bus and headed to Santana's. Oh was the rolled tacos good!! I miss good Mexican food =(.

Classic pictures.....another priceless picture.

Cutting the wedding cake.

Some of my friends from DSP. Great to see you all again.

8-26-07 Azabu Juban Festival

Finally time to post some blogs again. It seems like I have been so busy for the last few weeks, but here are some updates. After climing Mt. Fuji and getting a good night sleep, I decided to check out the Azabu Juban festival, which is one of the biggest festivals in Tokyo. Over just the weekend the festival brings in over 100,00o people. Eventhough I went on the last night of the festival a few hours before it finished, there were thousands and thousands of people there. And of course enough time to eat the great food and drink some beers =). The festival had music and tons of booths for food, games and gifts which spanned about 10 blocks or so. I guess it is kind of like the PB block party in San Diego, but 10x the people ><.
Take a look at this street and all of the people on it. WOW!!

Stopped to watch some of the music. This guy was the Japanese Kenny G, lol. Nah, he was damn good and was very entertaining to watch.

One booth of thousands making food. This is one of my favorites, "Okonomiyaki" which is a Japanese pancake. Yummy.

The yoyo balloons.....reminds me of when I was a kid in Japan visiting.

One of the games you can play. You scoop goldfish into a small bowl using a thing that looks like a round fly swatter, but has paper in the middle, so when you get it wet and the fish move the paper tends to break. The more fish you catch, the better chance you have of taking a fish home with you.

Same concept as above, but you catch turtle using this wafer cup that breaks and gets soggy after you get it wet.

Looking at the festival from above as it finished from my friends house. As you can see there are still a lot of people still there.