by admin | Oct 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
We spent all day Friday in Kyoto, taking a few local trains but mostly walking some 7 miles. We started with the Arashiyama Sagano Bamboo Path, which is a park with a bamboo forest where the bamboo is as much as 4-6 inches in diameter, tightly spaced. The path...
by admin | Oct 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Thursday morning, we were driven from Hakone to Odawara Station where we caught the bullet train to Kyoto. I first rode this same train in 1970 (Letters Home, pages 126-131). It’s amazing that the Japanese have had this for some 60 years, and we are still arguing...
by admin | Oct 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
In a word, Tokyo is – overwhelming. Trina, Demnlus, Shirley and I spent the day with our guide on subways and over 5 miles of walking. Tokyo is spotless. The trains are clean and always have a place to sit. I did not see a single homeless person. Everyone is either...
by admin | Oct 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sunday was the big festival day, and Shimada seemed like Mardi Gras. There was not a parade in the traditional sense but instead a variety of performances along the main parade route and side streets. There were two types that we saw. One consisted of “floats” used as...
by admin | Oct 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’m not sure anyone reads the East Bay Times anymore because there is rarely any Richmond news in it, if any news at all. Dan Borenstein does the endorsements, and he did a pretty good job except for District 2. He recommended Cesar Zepeda over Andrew Butt for the...
