Its party season in Japan with work bonenkai’s, christmas parties and the like.  “Don’t think too much, just let yourself go’ is the advice of Japan’s party queen of the 2009, Ryoko Yonekura. GaijinPot was invited to attend the award ceremony and we were able to snap a few of the following photos. Ryoko Yonekura is well known for her long legs (she was a former dancer), stark looks (she was also a former CanCam model) and her former boyfriend who recently got engaged to another celebrity.

Her most recent roles have been developing a real cool, ice-maiden persona on-screen, this time though she just looked pretty happy to be picking up a giant bottle of champagne.   Asked if she had any memories of a favorite party she replied that they were all good, but couldn’t remember anything specific.

Your memories of parties in Japan welcome below.