Yearly Archives: 2023

We're back in Yokohama, last day of the first cruise. We'll head out tomorrow for a couple of the northern ports of Japan and then cross the ocean to Alaska.…

I think this was one of our favorite days. Kagoshima is the southernmost point we visited in Japan, and we’d definitely come back. We had an exceptionally good guide today.…

After having traveled or toured for 10 days straight, we decided to take the day off and enjoy the quiet on board - and a couple of massages. Also helping…

We both wanted to bear witness by visiting Hiroshima. Simply put, it was overwhelming. We’ve visited the memorials at Pearl Harbor, the Hanford Site in Washington that produced plutonium for…

We’re on the island of Shikoku today, in the town of Kochi. Today’s excursion found us inside a mountain, exploring the Ryugado Caves. Although I tend towards claustrophobia, I do…

We did a quick stop at the world's 2nd longest suspension bridge, the Akashi Kaikyo - it just lost its number 1 spot a couple of years ago. It's twice…

We didn’t try Kobe beef today (though we’ve had it in our past) and we didn’t have any Kobe sake which is said to be quite wonderful because of the…