Meeting Old Students and Friends

12 March 2015

Satoki chan and Curious George

Yesterday was blustery and cold, with even an occasional snow flake.  Unusual for Kyoto in March.  We left the apartment early enough to have a nice lunch in a tiny restaurant (four tables) across the street from the university.  The owner cooked a delicious vegetarian meal starring hot sweet potato fritters which were tasty and warming!  Good fortification for Win, who delivered his talk in the afternoon.  Many old students showed up - they were so happy to see him again.  He called on everyone to talk of their clinical experiences treating trauma - a most un-Japanese teaching style but I think quite appreciated.  Afterwards we had coffee with Akiko san, and then, feeling quite exhausted, headed for home, stopping at another tiny restaurant in our neighborhood which happened to feature Okanomiyaki.  The warm food and the warm griddle on the table were most welcome.

Today was our first day of leisure.  We went into town and had coffee, did a little shopping and then met Berg and Somdev for lunch.  It was good to see them again; they have decided to stay no more than 18 more months and then move back to the states, hopefully CA where they can continue to teach Sanskrit.  We went back to Ipodo for some tea and enjoyed the matcha and sweets.  Excellent dinner with the Oyama family.  Satoki-chan just graduated from nursery school and was in high spirits.  He is greatly attached to Win.  Kaya is a beautiful baby, but a bit wary of strangers (being 7 mos) and unfortunately I kept making her cry.  Mayo and the children leave for Korea tomorrow, but we will see Yasu-sensei tomorrow evening.

We send love to all.