Thanks, Matt.  You indubitably outdid yourself again.  

Continued with the collection of pictures from our day 3 in Japan.  The itinerary includes touring Takayama Jinnya, the government office since 1692, visiting the exhibit of Takayama Festival Floats, and Shirakawa-go, added to the United Nation world heritage sites since 1995. Here are some of the links that have more information about the places [...]

Thanks, Mom, for making this trip to Japan the best ever.

Day 2:  January 30, 2008 It was a beautiful morning as we were eating breakfast and looking out of the window.  We were excited about today’s itinerary.  It was all about snow today.  A perfect day to freeze our butts off.  First, we were heading to the Shirakaba Lake for the Crystal Festival.  And then, [...]

Day 1:  January 29, 2008  We were excited about our trip.  A long waited trip.  According to our itinerary, we were to visit the Nagoya Castle, the Italian Village near port of Nagoya (Villaggio Italia), and Magome – the post town used to offer food and lodgings to travelers, kind of like the bed and breakfast [...]