Tonight we’re staying in a Tokyo Haneda Airport hotel, between flights. Made a quick side-trip to the Kawasaki Daishi temple. This statue depicts Kobo Daishi, a ninth century monk who established the Shikoku 88 pilgrimage. We’ll walk part of it for a day later in this trip.
Category: East Asia
MSP–HND
Boarding at MSP with our nephew and his dad. Grateful for this chance to explore Japan together.
Japan 2023
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The Sun Will Shine
Did risk analysis for next week’s trip. This system will have passed by the time we fly into Kagoshima (blue pin) to hike. Nearby Sakurajima (volcano) is active, but not enough to close the airport. The red line is the anticipated path of a typhoon. We will hike, the sun will shine.
Avoiding Russia
Posted Avoiding Russia. Next week, we’ll be flying on one of Delta’s newest planes from Minneapolis to Tokyo. Under normal circumstances, this journey would take us through Russian airspace for several hours.
Avoiding Russia
In normal times a flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo would take us through Russian airspace for several hours. This is no longer possible.
Japan Loose-Ends List
Posted Japan Loose-Ends List. Soon, our nephew and his dad will be backpacking with us in Japan. In this post I share a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to our travel date.
Japan Loose-Ends List
Here’s a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to traveling to Japan with our nephew and his dad.
A Soldier in Occupied Japan
Posted A Soldier in Occupied Japan. My partner’s uncle was stationed in Kyoto, Japan at the end of the Pacific War. The story could’ve been so different.
A Soldier in Occupied Japan
My partner’s uncle was a soldier in occupied Japan at the end of the Pacific War. The story could’ve been so different.