Taste of Japan

Blaise and the kids went along with Anne, Miles and Alex to a little Japanese festival at the Seattle Asian Art Museum on Saturday. They made cranes and were thrilled by a performance of taiko drumming. Alex was installed in a kimono, a treat Eliot declined. Then all went to see My neighbours the Yamadas, another Studio Ghibli film. The kids enjoyed it but reports say it was not really a children's movie despite the minimal animation.. a slightly bitter meditation on life, marriage and family. All in the gorgeous art deco space of the museum, one of my favorite buildings in Seattle.