This is the annual neighborhood association barbecue. Five hundred yen for marinated lamb, karaoke, and all the draft beer you can drink.  I'm not much for morning beer or singing but the lamb was good stuff from Naganuma.

In the afternoon I went to Joyful AK and I was shocked to see that they were selling Hale Koa as a potted plant.  The price tag blew my mind!!  7800 yen for Hale Koa?!?!

This plant grows wild in Waikoloa, the town where I grew up.  It's everywhere.  I　can't count how many times I had to take a saw and cut this stuff out.  It grows very fast and although I'm sure it has some value it always had a kind of pest status with me.

Doubtfully,

Pat