Sunday, November 12, 2006

Akiba-sensei came back from Shibuya.

Flores-san went to Shibuya and came back in a jersey he bought at an old-clothing store.
The name plate reads Akiba-sensei (seisei=teacher) or Mr.Akiba and he looks just like another teacher from a high-school somewhere far from Tokyo.
Jersey jackets are the most popular clothes among teachers in Japan and you'll never fail to find teachers in a jersey at any school.

Third Year, A Class, Akiba-sensei...

The Kanji characters read "hutsuu" or normal, ordinary, common.
"How's it going?"
You'll say "Hutsuu...so-so."

"Doha no higeki" or the tragedy at Doha, Qatar in October, 1993...
We will never forget the goal scored during the injury time. That was the very last play of the game and we had almost got the ticket to our first World Cup, until that one play.
That injury-time drawer cost us 4 more years until we were finally qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 1998.
No Japanese can wear this shirt without tears...

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Kings Arrived

Professional BMX riders came to stay with us.
They were here for the competition "KING OF GROUND FINAL STAGE IN TOKYO" which was held at Asakusa.

The riders with our clerk, Eri.
Matt, at the right in the pic, came in 3rd at the contest.

They also were a stunt team for a promotion video of yellow design.