Xmas Eve in Kobe

The night before Christmas Eve, Mika and I were invited by a couple who attend my english conversation class, Michiko and Yan-san, to a lovely home-cooked meal on a proper dining table with knives and forks....and STEAK! mmmmm. Thank you very much. they are such nice people.

The next day, Xmas Eve, we packed up early and started off our Christmas holiday by taking the long road through the mountains back to Kobe. By the time we got there we only had a short time to relax before dressing up and heading into Sannomiya (in the heart of Kobe) for a lovely dinner. Afterwards, we met up with Mika's best friend Yoko (a.k.a CB) and her boyfriend and had a couple of celebratory drinks together before calling it a night.

this is now the 3rd or 4th time i had ever seen Mika in some sort of dress without wearing jeans. she looked very nice, but cold at the same time. Japanese sense of fashion sure is weird.