The 2017 Ev Hales Jaunting Around Japan Art Tour is underway.  All 16 of us gathered for a welcome dinner in Akasaka this evening, Monday, October 30.  A feast of sashimi and shabu-shabu with unlimited drinks.

And before that, we all were checked into the New Ōtani Hotel in time for a stunning, post-typhoon sunset with views to the Shinjuku skyline and Mount Fuji in all its glory.

Painting begins tomorrow at Shinjuku Gyōen gardens.