Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Where's Waldo?


Two days a year the Emperor of Japan allows the general population inside his palace to make a speech.  Fortunately, Brian and I were in Tokyo when this went down.  This is the beginning of the line to get in.  I'm glad it moved pretty fast.  Brian brought some white makeup and gloves, and a cardboard box...just in case.  Turns out, he has a pretty decent Mime break-dancing routine which was very relevant for the situation.  I'll have to dig those photos up.

2 comments:

carrie said...

Your a trip Markus! Did B really do a mime act? Am I gullible to boot? That's cool that yall got to hear the emporer! What did he say?

Mark said...

I'm not sure what he said - it was all in Japanese. But whatever he said, it only lasted about 20 seconds. The Japanese people loved it, and it was cool to see him.