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Japan Høst 2008 (Tokyo #2)

Training with Hiroaki Sensei in Tokorozawa dojoBjørn is doing Tenchinage on Ken Sensei with Suzuki(?) watching
Group photo in the beautiful Tokorozawa dojoSmiling uchidechi girls
Ibro got a blackbelt in Kyoto, - the signs on it indicates that he is 60 years old!There is a lot of aikido history in Kobayashi dojo photo albums
You must be on guard in the Samurai restaurant (actual fake fights in the corridor)Sigfus ordered something, - and got a fish-head (which was very good)
And then we had to have som raw horse-meatBjørn is very engaged in Shinjuku night-life
Tokyo tower is like the Eiffel tower (just some meters taller, and red)From the tower you can see that Tokyo is a large city
We went to visit Igarashi Sensei in his Hashimoto dojoGroup photo in Hashimoto dojo with some scandinavian guests (Norway, Iceland and Finland)
Young dojo member with proper reflexesIgarashi Sensei and wife at the local restaurant
Ready to enter the largest onsen (bath with natural hot spring) close to TokyoWe really felt at home with these clothes on
Put Ibro in a place with hot bathing water, and his smile just goes bananasSightseeing at the imperial palace
Next time this cocoon skyscraper behind Shinjuku will be finishedCentral Shinjuku, station to the right with clock, and brown Seibu Shinjuku building to the left