JAN 23 2024
Our last day in #Japan. We had stayed at the #MitsuiGarden Hotel Otemachi; all the hotels we stayed in were nice, but this was the best in terms of service.
We spent the day at the airport. Lunch, dinner, last minute shopping. Flew #ANA home, which gave us the worst snack I've ever had on a plane: basically a bag of mayonnaise with a croissant swimming in it.
Thanks everyone for following along!
JAN 22 2024
Met an acquaintance from #Portland who happened to be in #Tokyo for lunch. Later, the hubby and I went to #TokyoTower.
This would be our last full day in #Japan. 
JAN 21 2024
Sightseeing: #Asakusa, #HakozakiJunction, #Odaiba. #TokyoBigSight is my favorite place in Japan ... it really looks like a giant spaceship has landed!
#ๆฅๆฌ #ๆฑไบฌ #็ฎฑๅดใธใฃใณใฏใทใงใณ #ๆต ่ #ใๅฐๅ ด #ๆฑไบฌใใใฐใตใคใ
JAN 20 2024
Goodbye #Kanazawa! Caught the bullet train to rejoin my husband in #Tokyo. Walked around #Akihabara that evening!
JAN 19 2024
I had the day to myself. There was nothing really compelling me to go and explore, so I worked on music for a while then went out in the evening for dinner and shopping. #KanazawaStation is an architectural marvel. My friend told me when it was first built, the locals hated it, but when it began attracting positive attention from the international architectural community, suddenly everyone was proud of it! ๐คฃ #Kanazawa #้ๆฒข้ง #daruma #ใ ใใพ
JAN 18 2024 (2 of 2)
A question for @AnthoDerv ... Hepburn romanization is what I'm used to seeing: ใใ=SHO. But I've also seen this variation (and similar): ใใ=SYO. (I've also had some Japanese people spell my name JYO) Is it just a matter of preference? Is the SYO form used predominantly by native Japanese speakers, or by a majority of them? #ๆฅๆฌ่ช #ใญใผใๅญ
JAN 18 2024 (1 of 2)
My friend picked me up from the hotel and we had an excellent lunch at Uogashi Shokudo. We spent the balance of the afternoon driving around, hitting up used bookstores and CD stores, chatting over coffee.
JAN 17 2024
My hubby and I took the #BulletTrain to Omiya, then he continued to Tokyo while I went to #Kanazawa. I began corresponding with a musician who lives there in 2017, and now we were going to meet in person for the first time! He picked me up at my hotel in the evening and we went to dinner. He also took me to the area where he shot the photo of distant industrial cranes for one of his album covers.
JAN 16 2024 (2 of 2)
Does anyone recognize the #anime depicted on the train? It looks familiar but I can't place it. Thanks! #ใขใใก
JAN 16 2024 (1 of 2)
The first time I visited Sendai in 2017 my friend took me to #MatsushimaBay, which is dotted with over 200 tiny islands with pine trees. I wanted my hubby to experience this so we did it again! It was snowing on and off that day, the bay was foggy here and there and often choppy, but I was determined to sit outside the entire time. My hubby and my friend sat inside; I did peek inside for just a moment to make sure they were doing okay. #ๆพๅณถ
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