Japan

Kit smelling the flowers.
I miss you!

I left while Kit was asleep so I made her a drawing. Japan appears small because it is far away. The 3 stars symbolize our family. Moon shining in black is artistic license.

North Korea timed their missile launch when I was flying over the Pacific. The ramen museum & restaurant was packed with young couples.
My favorite ramen variety is from Kyushu island. Mainly pork, garlic, noodles and mushrooms.
They always make a hotel reservation for me requesting a shinkansen (bullet train) view.
The cherry blossoms are at their peak in the Tokyo area now. I brought the wrong camera! People were out strolling and having picnics. The weather is perfect.

Had unagi (eel) for dinner. Normally it is amazing so I was surprised that it was just very good this time. Almost no one was there yet the unagi chef remembered me.

Walking along the river on the way back to the hotel I took this photo of cherry blossoms lit by a street light.