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My first long-haul on a 787 Dreamliner (HND–SFO). Skeptical the LCD windows would be effective: they are.

12:30 a.m., Tokyo Haneda, about to board a flight to San Francisco, along with all the other jet-setters.

Six hours in Tokyo:☑ Walked across Tokyo Bay☑ Explored Imperial Hotel lobby☑ Sipped beer above Tokyo Stati

“My” street: ryokan’s, restaurants run by couples, homes. If the snow monkeys come out at night, I’ll be asleep.

Posted https://t.co/JMINHUkO67 A Small-Town Bullet Train Station

Futon on tatami. Traditional inn (Ryokan), Yudanaka, a small town near Nagano.

Japanese couple, Nagano.

The mountains taunted me as I walked around Matsumoto today: the trailhead bus I wanted doesn’t run until mid-April.

Now in Matsumoto in Japan’s “Alps”

Meijimura, huge building museum near Nagoya. Amazed to learn part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel was saved.

Went for an urban hike on a grey, rainy day. I enjoyed the splash of color at the Hayatama Taisha shrine in Shingu.

Posted Temple Plumbing 2016.

Hiked part of the Kumano Kodo, an ancient pilgrimage route. I appreciated the beauty of the small tea farms.

In Shingu, I have a no-smoking, Leviticus-free room.

Ferry, now train around the Kii Peninsula, heading for Shingu.

Hiked via temples 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 of the Shikoku 88 (temple) pilgrimage. This section is near Tokushima.