On January 29 some readers of this blog came to visit Kotaro from Singapore! Kotaro gave them a warm welcome in Horie Park, where the meeting took place. Here’s Chee Chien:

(Kotaro: Welcome to Japan! Sniff sniff!)
And Avon:

(Kotaro: Welcome to Japan! Lick lick!)
Kotaro likes girls, so Shu Ting got a particularly warm welcome. ![]()

(Kotaro: Welcome to Japan! Hug!)
After the greetings, Kotaro was very pleased to receive a souvenir from Singapore! ![]()

(Kotaro: What’s this?!)
It was a special occasion, so we had Kotaro show the guests some tricks.
First: sit…

Shake…

Asking for more food…

Then they played one of Kotaro’s favorite games: tug-of-war. Shu Ting keeps a dog (a Jack Russell Terrier), so she was very good at handling Kotaro.

Once they had got to know each other, Chee Chien took Kotaro for a stroll. Kotaro was a bit stronger than he expected.

Here Kotaro’s famously soft ears are being shown off.

And here Kotaro’s getting scratched on the white fur on his underside (one of the features of the Shiba breed). They were good friends.

It was a lot of fun and seemed to go really fast! We finished things with a group photo. Thank you very much Chee Chien, Shu Ting and Avon! ![]()

(Cheese!)
Eri
Editor, Kotaro’s Blog
(Photos: Eri)









