Handa-be-ru

Just got back from watching a group of Japanese + Americans play handa-berus (handbells) at church. Very pretty! I guess I haven't heard people play those since I was about 8 years old. They will be here for a year, visiting various churches and universities as part of the Campus Crusade for Christ. Please pray for them all you praying folks -- Jesus' life story should not be shelved with the 808 gods!

I guess I'll visit Okinawa, Hiroshima, Nagano, and maybe a Tokyo Island. I'd love to go back to Niigata but it's just too darn far away. I can't believe I'll be back with my Max in 2 weeks. Japan will soon be a very strange and long dream.