Out & about Kyoto: April 2016 (Part 3)
Thursday, April 7, 2016 April showers bring rivers of flowers. That was our version, waking up on Thursday, April 7, 2016. The » Read more
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Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 2 (Kyoto)
Monday, April 4, 2016 After an overnight recovery stay in Tokyo, we were on to Kyoto, hoping our timing for cherry blossoms » Read more
Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 1 (Tokyo)
Monday, April 4, 2016 In early April, 2016, we were perfectly positioned to partake in that most Japanese of pursuits: hanami, or » Read more
Nihon-Go! Part 3: Alone & at home in Japan
Tuesday, October 14, 2015 The final third of my 2 week trip to Japan included a rarity, a couple of days to » Read more
A wonderful blur: 2014 highlights
We’re not superstitious, but 2013 was not a good year for us, being deeply marked by the deaths of both of Steve’s » Read more
Nihon-Go! Part 2, Kyoto
It had been 20 years since we spent any significant time in Kyoto, the historic capital of Japan for over a millenium » Read more
Nihon-GO! Part 1: Art pilgrimage to Naoshima Island, Japan
Preparing for this trip to Japan required both mental and physical origami. The mental gymnastics? Only coordinating 3 different itineraries (for Steve, » Read more
Tokyo: temples and temptations; April 2014
Despite being half Japanese, passing regularly through the airport en route to distant diving destinations, and 2 prior trips to Japan, we » Read more