My brother (Randy), his wife (Diane), and granddaughter (Paige) visited earlier this month.
Everywhere I visited with them was amazing; we had a great time! The list of destinations: Tokyo (including Ueno Park and Asakusa), Kyoto, Nikko, Nagano City, the Sea of Japan near Joetsu, and Hakuba/Happo One (pronounced "hah-poh-oh-nay" -the city where many events were held during the '98 Olympics).I'll start with just a couple of pictures. The first one is a group picture on top of a hill at Nijo-jo in Kyoto. It's a traditional Japanese castle with a lot of historical and cultural significance. I'll include more pictures of it in another post. The second picture is Diane and Paige in Asakusa. They had a great time touring the district on their rickshaw ride.
BTW, our English word rickshaw comes from the Japanese word "jinrikisha" 人力車, 人 jin = human, 力 riki = strength, 車 sha = vehicle, which means "human-powered vehicle". (If you see random letters or squares instead of Japanese characters in the previous sentence, just ignore it; it means your computer isn't set up to read Japanese.)I'm going to split their visit into several posts.
