Ahoy!

Fishing! A while ago at Maizushi I met Masashi-san, the father of one of my friend Jon's students. A professional fisherman in Odonosawa, he invited us to come along on his boat someday, and this weekend we finally went. Sunday happenned to be his birthday, so he invited us and a few friends from the Tokyo Power Company to not only go fishing, but also to a birthday party at his house.


Here is Jon and I aboard the boat in our life vests. Unfortunately the weather turned sour this weekend. Though it did not rain while we were fishing, it was cold and cloudy.



Masashi-san, the man driving the boat.


First we went to the other boats Masashi-san was in charge of as they pulled up their nets. Unfortunately, the pickins were slim.



Then we pulled up an octopus cage but only found these small fish, sea urchins, and that angry eel (which Masashi-san beat senseless with a mallet)

After fishing was the party. Lots of great food. For example, lobster sashimi.



And good times ensued as Jon taught Mashimi-san the West Side hand signal.