Hitomi's Birthday!

Our dear friend, Hitomi, celebrated her birthday last Wednesday, August 16 at a popular Italian restaurant in Kobe. We all had a great meal, chatting and laughing for hours. It was awesome!

This is the whole group!

On the left (front to back): Takashima, Hamid holding Kurosh, Hitomi, Andrew, Kathleen, and Rika

On the right (front to back): Ryo-chan, me, Mansur, Ali and Fahimeh(she is not really in the picture), and Tomoko

Happy Birthday!

We surprised Hitomi with a few hanabis!

We were both dressed in blue, although we did not exactly plan to do so.

This was a gift from Hamid, a beautiful watch! I think Hitomi was so excited she needed help to open it!