Trip to Japan (video)

Last month I went to Japan for some work and play. The highlight of the trip was feeding the deer and monkeys. The night before we went to see the monkeys, was saw TV news reports of monkeys going crazy and attacking vendors and families for food. So when I asked some hotel peeps if the monkey park was dangerous, they just laughed. They probably thought, “Silly Americans! The monkey are not as dangerous. You want dangerous? America is dangerous!”

Well, maybe they weren’t thinking that, but I was prepared to do whatever it took to defend us in the case of a monkey attack. I did some stretches before entering the park and envisioned using karate and street fighting tactics to fend off any aggressors. But luckily for us, the monkeys were very mellow. And that’s a good thing because there were so many of them that if they decided to get militant, I would be totally overrun and could probably only take down one or two before succumbing. We saw a few monkeys get aggressive with each other and their shrieks and body language, not to mention the teeth and the big males, were very intimidating. At best, I would probably appear to be big soft food for them. So yeah, good thing the monkeys were peaceful.

Anyways, here’s a short video of our time in Japan.