Count Basie Orchestra Comes to Iwakuni ! ! !

On December 1, we attended a fabulous concert of the famous Count Basie Orchestra at the Sinfonia in downtown Iwakuni. It was amazing, and some of the the very self-controlled Japanese were even clapping & moving to the music by the end of the evening! Of course, no cameras were allowed, but here are the posters:








































After the concert, we went for a late dinner. This is Stan's dinner set, consisting of fried shrimp & steak, along with some veggies, the usual soup & rice. Yes, those brownish circles are actually onion rings, not squid (calimari) like they usually are here in Japan! I can't remember the name of this restaurant, but it's next door to the "pork place" and we'll definately come back here again!