I'm 23!!!

So when I left England, I was 21, and still having not been back to England yet, I'll be coming back 23 years old! I guess it will be just a little bit weird to be a little bit older all of a sudden back in the country you originally came from.

Anyway, everybody was really busy that weekend - so ideas to travel somewhere wouldn't have been as good, but I had a great idea to have a bonfire party, like I used to have when I was little. The only problem was finding a location that people could get to, and wouldn't get in the way of Japanese residents. After much location hunting, I thought of a mountain in Nanyo called Jubuichiyama. It's where you can go to paraglide and has a really fantastic view of Nanyo from it. Nobody lives on it is was perfect.

So we took some firewood, a grill, and some people brought along a pack of fireworks and SPARKLERS too! The weather turned out great and we set up in an open car park, put some music on and a great time was had. I also made a Guy Fawkes and we BURNT him. So Yamagata was probably very lucky this year to have a Bonfire celebration this year! Perhaps the only one eh....?

Marie threw me a little party and bought me a cake from the delicious cake shop Shiro Kumo for me!

Setting up and getting cosy on the mountain

My little Guy Fawkes enjoying one finally beer whilst contemplating his inevitable fate!

This is for trying to kill the king!

Poor poor Guy...

Satomi made me lovely banana cake! Loads of people bought me English Ale!
The view of Nanyo from the top, ahhhh beautiful...