Osaka Great Santa Run 2014

2014 was my first time participating in a charity event. The Great Santa Run is a fun run (walk in my case) held around the world benefiting hospitalized children who cannot go home for Christmas. A portion of the funds raised are used to buy presents for those children, and members of the association take them to various hospitals around Osaka.

I had originally posted some of these photos to a Facebook group called "The Santa Claus Photo Exchange", but one of the first comments was some all-knowing Santa lambasting me about wearing the suit while my beard wasn't completely white. Needless to say, I deleted my post.