it's that time again...
Starting now, it's the season of Bo-nen-kai or Year-End Parties. Because New Years is just about the biggest holiday in Japan, the Japanese throw just about ninety-five billion parties from Late November until January to celebrate. My host dad is going to his first party tonight and I think he was practicing last night because I saw him consume almost an entire bottle of wine by himself and then top it off with a beer. The man showed absolutely no signs of being drunk other than laughing more than normal.

Well, I'm impressed.

I have at least four Bo-nen-kai on my list. One with fellow Waseda students. One with the Shibuya goverment folks. One just for the sake of clubbing. One because... well... I'm sure there will be another party ON New Years regardless of *where* I am.

Woohoo!