Welcome to Japan – Part 4

TOKYO I apologize for the delay in getting this last Japan blog post written, but I have been fighting a case of acute bronchitis plus hosting 2 different house guests during the past month. Mia Culpa! Our last stop - and we saved the biggest for last! I had read so many books, and read …

Welcome to Japan – Part 3

We have all returned to Kyoto, to the lovely Hotel Kuu for 5 days of exploring. Things had been rather tense among the 4 of us since Hiroshima, so I let Phyllis know that I would prefer spending time in Kyoto on my own, going to places I had on my list of things to …

WELCOME TO JAPAN – PART 2

After meeting up with my sewing buddy, Phyllis, her husband, and their friend in Osaka, it was time to take the train, a tram/train, and the ferry to get to Naoshioma, the art island I had chosen as my input into our itinerary. In case you didn't know, for almost 30 years I owned the …

WELCOME TO JAPAN – PART ONE

Last March, 2024, I finally traveled to one of the places that had been on my bucket list for years and years - The Land of the Rising Sun - Japan. For years I dreamed of visiting this country, having fallen in love with it from reading books like Tai Pan, Memories of a Ghesia, …