barbequed rain

we gathered at the beach yesterday afternoon to celebrate tyke's birthday with a good ol' fashioned bbq! unfortunately we arrived to a bit of a sandstorm so we all huddled behind a building to figure out what to do. we decided against setting up in the underpass, although the ghetto styles would've been interesting, so we set up under the shelter of the pine trees near the road instead. they provided pretty good shelter once it started to rain too. but we persisted and managed to pretend it was a sunny day at the beach for about 3 hours! the shochu helped :) a mixture of cultures were on the menu with kebabs, sausages with bread and tomato sauce, shochu, yakiniku... and it turned out to be a rollicking good time! someone was even clever enough to bring their ipod and some little speakers. i was the typical kiwi running around barefoot while everyone else persisted with their shoes (c'mon we were at the beach!), however my feet were the only ones that ended up black. anyway, that was my first bbq in japan, and despite the rain, sandstorm and main road a few metres away it was chou fun!!

pics: http://wedged.showcard.co.nz/gallery/album10