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No tours for us today. Based on a recommendation from Heelan: visit Centrum City and the worlds largest department store. In fact, seven hundred stores there. QB very much under the weather today had a bad night stomach. Will not … Continue reading →

Caymus wine marketing lunch at a price. QB massage. Lots of free time for reading. QB went to a line dancing class.

NB: have video saved A short day with the rice crackers and rice storage visit. This is major rice area. An early ship departure for a day at sea tomorrow Rice factory tour This has to be one of the … Continue reading →

Early am virtuoso tour. Later virtuoso gathering. All courtesy of our fine and soon to be retired guide. UNESCO world heritage site, art museum, fine lunch, lantern museum. Looks like a real city especially compared to the rural area we … Continue reading →

Hell Valley and onsen visit. Then special dinner. Same cool temperature with a high about 10°C. Sunny day. A later start today as the tour or excursion as it is called commences at 10 AM. Time for a relaxing breakfast. … Continue reading →

Once again, we have dropped the planned excursion. Boiling pits of hot mud have been seen before and will be seen tomorrow when we do the onsen trip. About all the reason in town is a mall. Those who did … Continue reading →

Planned excursion: the caves of Ryusendo. Then coastal view with rocks. In the evening, birthday dinner with Michelle-excellent As above, Sharon and others pointed out that I pictured the wrong tree in the previous post. Now corrected. Coast line coming … Continue reading →

Rolling ship rocking in 2.5 m waves starboard to port. Not a major problem. Made shower a bit unstable. We had a planned excursion to one of the breweries , one of several, and then tothe shrine. Too many hours … Continue reading →

After breakfast ride to the ship (don’t call it a boat) and a side trip to Hands in Takashima the ship headed to Sendai. Large city. Coffee bar on the ship We will be spending a lot of time there … Continue reading →

Trip to Kamakura. Ramen – and then Japanese tapas planned. Could not find a Ramen shop that would take anything other than cash so we settled for a perfectly fine soba noodle place.  This major tourist street is mostly … Continue reading →