Fishing boats on Nishiki River

I took this shot near the beginning of my time in Japan, and it remained one of my favourites all year.

Tara in Iwakuni and Sanzoku (Chicken Shack)

On Sunday my T was still dealing with jet lag and reluctant to get out into the heat again. We made easy plans to go shopping in downtown Iwakuni and then to watch movies (Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus) and have some mother-daughter bonding time. Again, we enjoyed finding grocery stores to wander through, […]

Shinjuku, then Iwakuni

I was never so glad to have an actual bed, rather than trying to sleep upright in cramped airplane seats.