Tokyo, Here We Come
Tomorrow, Maria, Kai, and I are off to Japan. We’ll endure about 19 hours of traveling (16 in the air, 3 on the train), so I hope Kai doesn’t totally melt down. After our plane arrives, we’ll take the train to Zushi, which is the town Maria’s family is from, and stay at her Aunt’s house. Then we’ll spend a few days in the town (the name of which escapes me) where Maria will be attending a conference for the Shibusawa Foundation. Then we’ll go for a brief stay in Nikko (I don’t know the guy whose site I’m linking to, I just thought he had some nice pictures). And after that, we’ll spend the rest of our time in Tokyo. I’m looking forward to seeing my friend Jason again. We know each other from our time at Georgetown, and he’s now working for a law firm in Tokyo. There’s a link to his blog on your right.
We’ll be back in the US on June 28th. Maria’s bringing her laptop, and we’ll bring the digital camera. If we have the opportunity to get online, I’ll try to update the blog and post some pictures while we’re there.
Here’s a picture of Zushi I found on the web:
June 14th, 2004 at 9:41 am
Have a wonderful trip! If you find any japanese cans of spam-like products and have space in your luggage…
June 14th, 2004 at 11:12 am
Say Hi to Jason for me.
-Pat
July 12th, 2007 at 4:35 am
Seher and I lived in Zushi 14 years (does it seem that long) and still have many friends there. The picture you took looks pretty close to where we lived (Hiroyama)just above the Jummiji shrine. Our addrss was 3-13-6 Hiroyama. Loved and still love it. You are probably back by now and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Sayonarra