Here is a more or less chronological pictorial account of my first couple of days with Susan, touring and climbing mountains in Japan.
The journey began with a couple of spectacular days in California.
Then it was on to Tokyo:
Need I say more?
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Wonderful pictures, wobderfu company and great weather too! How lucky can you get!
ReplyDeletePoint and shoot is all you have to do in this beautiful culture to get great pictures. I am thinking of changing my name to Good Luck. But I know what to Good Luck Tinubi.
DeleteI loved Japan! Can't wait to go back!
DeleteBy the way, I just finished City of Silver. It's absolutely excellent! I'd love to chat about some of the interesting history you bring out that I knew nothing about some time. I completely understand why Leighton and Cathy Cole liked it so much!
Annamaria, on the train in Japan, and not able to sign in. :(
DeleteThank you, Michael. I would love to talk with you about that history. Leighton's response to that book did so much for me. I am forever grateful to him for his support. The BEST of which is that he brought me here to MIE, where I have found some of my dearest friends ever.
Fabulous pictures, Annamaria. I loved Japan the last time I visited. The food is just amazing. I hope you both had a wonderful trip.
ReplyDeleteAnnamaria: Hi Zoe, I am loving it! Susan and I are, at this moment, on a train to Kyoto, a place I have wanted to visit since I was nineteen, when my brother--an American Marine--was stationed here and wrote to me about it. What a privilege to be able to see this with Susan!
DeleteNo, you need not! So well said just with the lens.
ReplyDeleteI've recently been seduced by Japanese nibs--as in their art of fountain pen making--and so much of what you pictured struck me as exemplifying the values that keep Japanese craftsmen maintaining that much neglected art. What a country.
Annamaria: Yes, my brother. It is wondrous here.
DeleteWell, not to contradict Jeff, but, yes, you DO need to say more. 19 pictures (worth 19,000 words), and you only wrote 44 words. You still owe us 18,956 more words! (Like, what the hell is that thing Susan is threatening you with in the first picture???)
ReplyDelete(But I'm very happy for AmA and Susan in Japan. A team-up like that could bring about world peace!)
Annamaria: EvKa: By my calculation, I have already delivered 19,000 words. You are asking for another 19,000? 38,000 words is about a third of a book for me. What a slave driver!
DeleteSusan and I were at the Tokyo/Edo museum. She is holding a replica of the ensign of a medieval fire brigade. Does that quench your thirst for information?
Tamps the flames of inquiry right down. Except it looks more like something that escaped from an H. P. Lovecraft horror story...
DeleteIndeed -the banners do look Lovecraftian, and may look even more so when I finish with my next novel . . . (which involves an arsonist in Edo).
DeleteI'm loving having Annamaria here, and loving the photos in this post. So many amazing memories already, and we're not even halfway finished!