JAPAN NEWS FROM BRIAN AND NOELINE

Friday, 3 July 2009

50th Birthday Dinner

Lots of friends gathered at R Valentno and great Italian Restaurant in Sannoymia Kobe!
Lots of presents and flowers great food and wonderful company..............Thank you everyone for making my 50th birthday so special.............and thank you to my amazing husband Brian for organising it all!!! I love you all dearly.

Posted by Noeline Brian Martin Music at Friday, July 03, 2009

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Sakura Party

Noeline admiring the Cherry Blossoms

Sakura Party

Tama and Brian

Brian/Tsuyoshi/Noeline

Our wonderful Percussionist and drummer!

Street Advertising for new fashion store

Kobe!

Throat Chakra

Solar Plexis Chakra

Sacral Chakra

Root Chakra

Heart Chakra

Third Eye Chakra

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Healing Concert Kobe 10th July 2010

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Birthday 50th

Noeline/Natsuko/Robert

Nara

Us and Mr Tiro our guide in Nara!

Nara

The BIG BELL!!! ('do not ring!)

Nara

Ken,Pam,Carl,Noeline,Brian in front of the biggest wooden Structure in the world (inside is the big Buddha!

Nara

Official Nara Festival Cheer Squad!

Nara

Buddha-Deer Man!!! Yep!!!

Nara

Taiko Drummers

Nara

Noeline and Brian visit the Shrines!

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Vox 8 Japan

Yvonne,Hiromi,Peter,Noeline,Brian, Julie,Chiharu,Sanae

Imogen, Michele & Andy

Basking in the 'after show' glow!!

World Fusion Waraku!!!

some of the New World Rhythm Osaka crew!

The Jazz Group

Pianist/voilin/singer

Basin Street Jazz Gang

Nice 'Jewelery' Man!!!

Kimono ladies line dancing!!

Crown Plaza Kobe

Big Ferris Wheel

Harbour Land Kobe

Double Decker Carousel

Harbour Land Kobe

Brian with Jappy Colonel Sanders!!

Only in Japan!!

Summer festival

Teenagers in their 'Yukutas'

bugs for sale at the festival

Look at the size of the bugger!!!!

'Rina' from Tokyo

My Little Japanese Sister!

Rinako and Noeline

On the ropeway kobe

Glass House Herb Garden

Kobe ropeway

Robert and Natsuko

out for dinner

Night view from the cocktail bar Kobe

36th floor Crown Plaza

our cocktails with a view!!!

36th Floor Crown Plaza Kobe

Brian and Yuichi

Vintage Studios

Games Place

Very noisy!!!

Cash & Michael we flock together!

Gaigin we met in Tokyo

Brian in Rome - Kobe!!!

Pretty buildings.

Ball Machines

check out the baskets of balls on the floor!!!

usb flash drives

check out the prawn and the shushi!!

usb flash drives

food!!!

Brian's Kids workshop

They had heaps of fun!!!

The Love Hotel mentioned awhile back.

We eventualy passed this place again and got a pic!!!

One of our favourite meals Yum!!

Tempura with rice and noodles!!!

Dior Building Tokyo

This one is for you Hannah!

Dior Dior Dior

Ooooooohhhhhhh!!!!

Fluffy Dior Bag

For the girls!!

What a great likeness Brian!

Brian in his 'I Love Kobe' T-shirt

The bullet train

Flashy!!!

more countryside

blurring cos we are going FAST!!!

Shinkansen country side on the way to Tokyo.

that blur on the left is a lamp post!!!

Michele and Miyuki

Doing 'Jappy hands'!!!

Miniaki and his wife

Our 'authentic' experience!!!

Funky 'young' part of town!

Check out the fashions!!

Condom shop

Yep 'young town'!!!

Funky Building

In the 'young' part of town!

Muso and Michele

at his 'live' in the funky cafe!

Tube T Shirts

Tokyo

Big stuff!!

The famous YURAKU CONCOURSE 'Cafe'

The funny old fashioned 'original' posters!

'Yuraku Concourse' cafe.

Very expensive!!!

Kay

Our wonderful Tokyo 'tour guide'!!

Carvings in the hotel

Lots of these line the walls and ceilings.

Mother of pearl inlay at the Hotel

this is in a lift!!!

Marco doing 'Jappy hands'!

Told you I'd post it Marco!!!!

Tokyo by night

View from Marco's apartment!

Clock building Tokyo

no people only computers in the building

Kobe

More pretty tree lights

Kobe

Big blow up stuff!!

KOBE

Dusk

More 'Super Boy' fashion

Hold me back!!!

BIRTHDAY BOY!

Brian doing Japanese!

Birthday Lunch

Jack, Chieko and Birthday Boy!

'Mock Street'

Brian and chieko

'More Mock Street'

nice little entrances

Kobe by night

view from cinema building

Tree lined street Kobe

Pretty Lights!!

Sei & Hideko (Mugen Lifers!)

Next to 'Roman Fountain' in the subway!

New World Rhythm workshop

Great rehearsal room with wonderful views!

Puppy boutique

Holding little outfits for dogs!!!

Shame they are plastic!!

Yummy

Kobe

another one of those 'weird' buidings!!

Chinese Cafe

with special soup cookers!

Jack and Chieko

Chinese lunch.

Casey

Our landlord.

Kimono

This is a Bridal Kimono.

Kyoto

Another pretty Cafe entrance.

Kyoto

The amazing train station!

Peter Golightly

With his Vampire Puppet- Draco!!

Kyoto

more houses

Kyoto

Big buildings with TVs!!!

Kyoto houses

Old amongst the new

kyoto

Just a couple of bikes!!!

Kyoto Modern

Hard to see but this place had a great Japanese garden underneath check out the folding fence!!

Kyoto alleyway

lots of little flats in this tiny alley

Nijo Castle

Very Beautiful! Me, yea and the Castle to!

Nijo Caste Entrance

Big!!! or Oki!! (Japanese for big - yep!)

Nijo Castle

The main moat!

Nijo Castle

around the side!

Nijo Castle

Wonderful grand entrance

Nijo Castle gardens

Brian being 'Mr Cool'!!!

Nijo Castle Gardens

"Ahhh feel the tranquility! Bonnydoon!"

Big fish!!

These blokes are between 3 & 4 foot long, No really!

The Inner castle

So pretty!!!

Knot tower

getting ready for the festival Kyoto

Knot tower

Close up of knots for Brian's Cub Scout Master!

Gary & Brian

2 Peas in a Pod!!

Tokyo Country side

Bullet train photos

Tokyo Country side

bullet train photo

More Tokyo Country side

Bullet train photos

Western Wedding

Hold me back- I WANT THAT DRESS!!!!

Look Out Brian!!!

I might just splurge on this one for Brian. What do you think??

Street Fortune Teller!

Love her little set up!

Harley D

I love the guy on the phone and the little scooter behind!

Kimono Ladies

Yay!!! These ones stood still enough for me to take their photo!

Kimono Ladies - just

Was just able to catch these ladies - they move too fast!!

Kimono Lady working in a cafe

I gave her a 'aussie gift' for letting us take her picture

Kobe sunset

Shin Kobe station

Osaka Fashion

That is a kind of apron thing that hangs down 'on purpose' at the back!!!

Nice rock garden in Osaka.

dont know what it says!!

Osaka Architecture.

This building is HUGE and very amazing looking! Photo taken from the train.

Brian & Masa

Masa gave us the wonderful fans (nice man)

Aki's T Shirt

Great example of 'Jappyenglish'

More Aki's T Shirt

Jappyenglish!!!

University Concert

Very formal male Glee Club

University Concert

The students having fun after the performance!

Terraced gardens near 'Gerald's Theatre'.

View from Jack & Chieko's place.

Noeline & Aki.

Waiting for 'another' train!!

Nice Ladies on the train.

Holding her Kangaroo!!

'Osaka Fashion!'

Note the teased hair.........on the guy too!!

Fancy hair!!

There are so many young girls really 'dressed up' who knows what for!!!

Priest in 'traditional' dress.

He had just said goodbye to friends -lots of bowing!!!

Great Cafe!

Check out the chimneys!

Cooking at our 'Chimney Cafe!'

these little hard rice cakes go poof in the middle a bit like popcorn when they are ready.

cooking!

check out the camambert cheese pot in the middle. Yummy!!

Brian & BIG Coffee

With the free breakfast!!

Big wood cafe.

This is the 'small' round table!!

Music Night Osaka

Our first Harmony night crew!!

Jappyenglish!

I want some smile food!!!

More Jappyenglish.

It reads:We'll serve you the best hospitality through the new style.Because both things never fuse together before. But we can do that,produce new style & culture from Kobe.Please enjoy our Okonomiyaki new style

Hotel Queen

Sweet & Luxury!

Bar Collapsing!

Yep! (see next picture)

Bar Collapsing!

This is the name of the bar but it also describes it too.

Jappyenglish! Dog & Cat bag.

small print:We always hide here. and we are playing until an owner comes back to a house. Please I want you to find us early.

Fan with cover!

These were the gifts from the 'Kimono' ladies on the train!

Mt Fuji Man and Woman Fans!

Presents from Kimiko's sister - Fumiko.

Japanese baby restraint.

This is inside the loo!!

Our Super Loo at home!

Note 'special' controls on the wall!!!

The 'special' controls!

Even has a pressure dile!!! Holy dooley!

Birthday flowers!

Present from Michiko.

Osaka Choral Festival

These guys were great! Lots of movement and drums!

Osaka Choral Festival

The Kids!!! Check out the sailor suits!

Choral Festival concert hall!

Great leadlignt windows!!

More Choral Festival!

Lots of kids!

Pretty Station - very shiney platform.

Miyuki, Brian, Aori on our way to the festival.

Airconditioned Street!!!

Noeline on a Shopping Mission!

Lots of shopfronts have hawkers! These girls were really cute.

But boy where they noisy!!!

Takarabune in Actions

Pretty Girls!!!

Aki & Miyuki

Working too hard - as usual!!

Restaurant Entrance- Shoe Bank!

Saftey deposit box for your shoes - you get a wooden 'tablet' as a key!

Our 10pm Dinner Meeting!!!

Aki,Miyuki,Jin,Me,Brian,Yuminaka

Chisato/Kimiko and Fumiko

Eating at the authentic restaraunt.

Shin Kobe Ropeway

'Welcome to Kobe' Gardens

nifty authentic cafe

Yukata on the wall

Shin Kobe- ropeway

photo we took from our 'box'!

Shin Kobe Ropeway

Waterfall! Where the 'hikers in the right gear' walk!

Noeline and Mountains! Kobe

Our destination at the top of the ropeway.(Notice "NOT" the right gear!)

Green House at the Herb Park

Shin-Kobe Ropeway

'Takarabune' & us!

2 of the lovely girls from the A Capella group!

Miniature Italian food!!! Look my finger!

Sorry its a bit blurry!

New World Rhythm Australia

Ron, Yvonne & crew sing up a storm without us! Go Guys!!

Ikuta Shrine

Houses the guardian of Kobe

Nagata Shrine Kobe

Ebisu-Shin and the 7 Gods of Good Fortune

Kobe our units!

We live on the 5th floor!

Terraced Gardens Kobe

Leading up to the Mountains (in our street!)

Kobe mountains

See the little chalet at the top? So Pretty!

Kobe Chapel

Lots of little chapels for 'Western Style' Weddings. Go Jack!!

'The Baby Doll' look!

Can you believe these girls match! These outfits are expensive!!!

Male Fashion- Kobe

Must get this outfit for Brian!!!

Kobe Harbour

More wonderful buildings!

Kobe Harbour.

Kobe Tower.

Kobe Harbour.

Big Fish made out of mesh!

Kobe Architecture

Noeline and statues near Habour

Kobe Harbour.

Boats & freeways!

Entrance to China Town

Gates!

China Town

The city square.

A lovely lady we met in China Town.

She is 90 years old!!!!

Wonderful Artist - Kouji Itou

Paintings and 'Mechanical Minitures'

The 'Mugan Life' Team

Our pre-workshop meeting in Osaka

OSAKA

3 story restaurant where we had our Mugan Life regroup meeting dinner.

A Rare Breed!

The beautiful ladies in their Kimono's.

Where we live in Kobe.

Our Apartment & our Street.

Kobe Anidithi & Chieko (Jack's wife)

New Friends that live in our building (our wonderful helpers)

Jack

The very famous Jack!!

Ryoko & Masa

The dog is in the car!

Umbrella Stand!

Lock them up so they cant get away!

Kobe Mountains

View from our front door!

Crown Plaza Shopping Centre Kobe

Our shops - The big one not the little brown one!

KOBE Crown Plaza

Our local shops!!!!

Brian & Mountains Kobe.

Just near our place!

Kobe Park

This building is right near where we live!

kobe opposite the park

Water way that they have made pretty by adding sculpture and fountains!

Kobe - supermarket

Check out the electronic price tags!

The singing Robot

Our washing machine and dryer- all in one!!!

Plastic Food!

This stuff looks real! Tastes like crap!

Yep! Plastic!!!

At least they won't melt!

OSAKA Where are we?

Miyuki,Makiko & Brian

Osaka

Pretty lady in a Kimono

Kobe

Building with windmill.

Kobe.

When in Rome?

Kobe

Another fancy building!

Osaka

Baby Pizza Hut with Scooters!!!

Train communication

No talking aloud on trains only sms!

I am playing with fancying up my photos and wanted my mum to see this!3 Generations!

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Brian Martin Music: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia; With 20 years of experience in voice and music, Brian has spent much of his musical career teaching, including lecturing at various universities and developing courses such as the Harmony Vocal Coaching Course, Music Facilitator Training and many more. He continues to conduct numerous choirs and workshops, touring nationally and internationally, as a musician and a facilitator. He and his wife, Noeline, are presently living in Japan conducting numorous workshops and choirs as well as creating a 'Brian Martin Music' franchise there to spread 'The Joy of Singing' around the world.

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