Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
So I’m packing…again…this time for three weeks in Texas for my sister’s wedding, immediately followed by a stay at Shunkoin Temple in Kyoto! Yay. The point is, I realized this morning I first posted to this blog one year ago. At that time Chris and I were in Jacksonville, FL, had follow on orders to…
Chris and I filled out all the Japanese paperwork for this little baby last night!! That’s right, years of dreaming of the perfect scooter, months of saving, getting lost in Yamato looking for Yamaha shops and all the bruises of motorcycle class have finally paid off—Chris is picking up my gently used Honda Scoopy May…
We only thought cherry blossom season was over! Well ok, the fuzzy blanket extending over the river has matured to a summery green, but the cherry trees that went unbloomed—we stopped and examined one during the peak bloom to see if it was dead and found tiny buds taking their own sweet time—are stepping up…
Tokyo Imperial Palace moat rowboat rentals: 30 minutes for Y500
Slow, balmy breezes and a constant circling of petals in the sunlight like dust particles have changed Hikichigawa (at last! the river has a name!) into a spring wonderland. Picnickers gave way to sketchers and painters outlining the beauty with a box of colors beside their stools. Strollers pause to admire and comment—no one seems…
Follow the cherry blossoms to our house!Greenery is starting to push through the pink petals. I took this photo about five seconds after the one above when the wind started to blow—April blizzard!
Good morning, please follow me to the cherry blossoms! …that is a petal on my head. Our first stop in Tokyo is Aoyama Cemetery, near Tokyo Metro’s Nogizaka Station. I dreamed up visions of cherry blossoms drooping over marble memorials Savannah-style but of course Aoyama is a Japanese-style cemetery with more stone lanterns (below) than…
