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Tokyo Highlights

I just returned from my first visit to Japan, and what a satisfying trip it was!

At the top of my list of things to do in Tokyo had been to meet, and hopefully dance with Mitsue. To give you readers a little bit of background, I had seen her perform with Alberto Romay in the VHS tape of the 2001 West Coast Salsa Congress. Their performance had been a cuban-styled tap-dance to conga rhythms, and had blown my mind away as well as inspired my dancing for years. Although I have not found the actual LA performance on YouTube, I found a similar one (almost as good) which I embedded below:
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