Midori and Kosuke

4 October 2015:

We have known Midori, shown here on the right, since about 1989. We met her through mutual friends in Hermosa Beach. At that time she was a young student out touring the world. She now lives in Tokyo with her husband and her son, Kosuke, shown with the camera. He is 10 years old, and loves trains and taking pictures of trains. We are near Tokyo Bay, with the Tokyo monorail in the background. After this walk we went to the nearby Tokyo Institute of Technology (a high school) and walked through a science fair that they are holding this weekend. Midori has a long-time friend whose name is Megumi. Megumi's son was taking part in the science fair, and both Midori and Megumi thought it might be fun to take us there. As a bonus shot, I will include the picture of me checking out an electric car built by the students, taken by Lily. They got to practice their English!

As an aside, Midori and Megumi would babysit Rika and Lisa from time to time while we lived in Tokyo. At lunch, Megumi pulled out an old letter written to her by a 5 or 6-year-old Rika, telling Megumi that she really missed her company after moving back to California!

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