This place is eye candy. Our guide calls us the golden group for being so lucky to see the Cherry blossoms in full force. And the geishas, flower arrangements, gardens.. All of it so so lovely!!

We started our time in Kanazawa with a dinner focused around puffer fish – the poisonous fish that requires expert preparation to keep diners alive. Good thing, since our guide was with the four of us and his demise would… Continue Reading…

Just finished traditional Japanese breakfast, and will be off to tour Samurai area, gardens and more today. Interesting way to access Pay TV.

Inside a National Park, and as tranquil as that suggests. Had Keiseki dinner last night, hot spring baths and off to Kanazawa today for a couple nights. Entertainment at dinner last night was Japanese zither instruments.

We have checked in to our hot spring resort hotel, with a traditional Japanese tatami room accommodation in the mountains. Or, shall we say, traditional in style but very spacious. Multi-course keiseki dinner tonight.

Yes, more snow to start the day. Driving to a kimono museum, then on to Matsumoto Castle and a traditional Japanese inn for tonight in the midst of the Southern Alps of Japan. And at 110¥ to the dollar, lift… Continue Reading…

Sunshine arrived for our visit to this fabulous museum.

We hit it!!!

Becoming floral artists today

So many unusual choices