Why People Visit Japan

Tokyo and other Worlds

Well, 12 days and 1300 photographs later, the parents and I have made it through the following locations relatively unscathed:

Osaka
Himeji
Hiroshima
Miyajima
Kinosaki
Kyoto
Nara
Tokyo

and the adventure is almost over. Rather than attempt to describe the entire journey, I'll post a photo or a few hundred of them when we return for a night in Himeji tomorrow before the parents depart back to our home and native land. We've visited nearly every Starbucks along the way (apparently the only place in Japan where you can reliably purchase decaffeinated coffee) and experienced all sorts of nonsense, poorly-translated English and extremely good hospitality from our Japanese hosts, both in the hotels and the ryokans we've stayed in. Stay tuned for more.

Shinsaibashi