Kori Ko-workers

Awhile ago, we had our James Fukushima staff dinner and I took a few shots of my new staff!! Introducing.....




Yoko and Maki! Yoko (the one holding the prawn) is our Regional Manager and great at what she does. As with most Japanese people, she works herself ragged. Maki works part time and it always brightens my day to see her. She reminds me of my mom in a good wierd kind of way.



Megumi!!! Megumi is our office manager and is a new addition to James. She's great and we love her!! She's so cute I just want to put her in my pocket.



Ian!!! Ian is originally from Australia, but has 2 boys in the UK. He's a pretty happy go lucky guy in the office and a great conversationalist. Thank god he quit working for Phillip Morris.



Tess!!! Tess and I have been spending lots of time together, learning Japanese, drinking red wine and just enjoying great conversations. I'm so glad she's here. She lived in Montreal for awhile, which I think might be similar to San Francisco as far as cities go. Ahhhh cityfolk.



The Melissas!!! Melissa Tyrrell is from Australia and you probably recognize her from plenty of other pictures up here. We've been close for quite awhile now. Melissa Surena is from Canada and another familiar face. It was a little strange to see both of these lovely women at work, but I think we're getting used to it!

I don't have a picture of Barry...yet...but he's also on the crew. He's from Eastern Canada and works primarily at the University here in Koriyama. Really good guy.



And there's me.



There's a lot of love in that room!