October 5 was the date of the Japan Highland Games... I took an entire contingent from my city -- the 6 of us had a fantastic time, listening to bagpipes all day and watching the heavy events, dance competition, all while drinking a lotta beer, ale and scotch, purveyed by local pubs and Japan's own St. Andrews society. (I hope I win that bottle they were raffling off....)

Here is the gallery of photos I took:

http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/drinka...andGames10608#

But here's a few of them hotlinked for your viewing pleasure. You can finally see me wearing a proper trad. kilt rather than my UK... (SW Nightstalker standard).



Me attempting to toss the caber....



I should have left it to the experts...





One of the locals entered in the solo piping competition:



And the dancing competition...



Finally, members of the Tokyo Pipe Band...



All the rest of the photos are on the link at the top of this post.

Cheers,

JD