So it turns out sake is a bit stronger than I originally guessed, which makes this the first official drunken blog posting (not that I’m making it a habit). I’m starting to wonder if I should continue to talk about my loving all kinds of food and trying anything on these sorts of trips. I’ve had three people respond to my love of everything suggesting that I order natto beans and gulp them down with abandon. So what did I do? I ordered a bunch tonight of course! With the consistency of snot, the smell of old cheese, and the taste of salty sandals, the natto bean is what the Japanese call an “acquired taste.” Actually it wasn’t all that bad, just the texture of snot is not that appealing to me.

Today was a great day, and the last day of our shoot! We met up with around 15 of the local traceurs and went to Odaiba, a man-made island filled with open spaces and wonderful buildings. The local guys were great, more into tricking than the fundamentals but we had a lot of fun. So many things about parkour transcend cultural and language barriers so easily. We all measured stuff out by our feet, loved moving around on all fours, and instantly understood a game of follow the leader combined with the floor is lava :) This is going to be an amazing episode!

I also met the band tonight that they are going to intermix with the parkour footage and interviews, very cool group of guys and very fun (sake and natto enthusiasts ;) ). So much great food today and so many great people, Japan is amazing! Tomorrow I’m being shown around for some shopping and then braving the 10hr flight back home to Seattle…for 24 hours before I leave for Washington DC.

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