Pink Parasols and Red Stripes

Hikawa Jinja, Saitama, Japan. 29 July 2004.
Jus and Naho decided to dress up similarly on our day trip around Saitama to see the sights. They topped it with two pink plastic umbrellas as it was drizzling that day.

Toothless

One of the ever so fleeting milestones in life is losing one's baby teeth. It is the inevitable threshold we all go through from babyhood to being "big". It is wonderful to see real and beautiful smiles inspite of lacking teeth. I think it is when one starts to have second thoughts on flashing a toothless grin that he loses his innocence.