St. Patrick's Day Parade in Tokyo

On Saturday, the Irish Embassy and Irish Network Japan organized the 9th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and Ireland Festival in Tokyo. Here is a LINK to details of the events.

The Irish Ambassador and St. Patrick leading the parade.

Japanese high school marching band.

This was Louis' first parade attendance and he had a wonderful time. We also went to the Ireland Festival where there were actually quite a few Irish people. The Coronas LINK and LINK (an Irish pop band) performed in the afternoon and Louis enjoyed dancing to their songs.

The Coronas. They were good (Irish + Music = Always Good).

I wore green to work on Tuesday along with a shamrock sticker. At least 6 people at my office asked me why. One of my friends at work actually has his birthday on the 17th as well, and he was happy to learn that millions of people around the world celebrate on the day he was born!

At play-group on Tuesday, Louis made a St. Patrick's day hat. He was really happy to show it to me when I got home from work, but he was not really happy about having his picture taken. Kelli and I thought it was funny, and that's what really matters anyway!

On the way home from work on St. Patrick's day I stopped at an "Irish pub" near my apartment. It was NOT an Irish pub. It was awful. To compensate, I went by the store and picked up a bottle of Jameson's and toasted Slainte! to the Irish from my home.

Happy St. Patricks Day!