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| Bob Robertson | profile | all galleries >> 2012 >> japan_trip | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Poor Tabby wasn't feeling well when we left. |
 Our flight out of LAX on an Airbus 380-800. |
 The flight crew. |
 Close up of the A380. |
 Day 1, we stayed in a cheap hotel in Narita. |
 Day 2, lunch at one of Emiko's favorite restaurants in Shinjuku. |
 Day 2, our hotel in Tokyo, Hotel Grand Pacific Le Daiba |
 A nice room and bathroom. |
 View from Daiba to Tokyo. Akiko's condo is in the middle of the picture. |
 Day 3, filming of a soap opera in front of our hotel. Emiko knows the actress, a former ballerina. |
 On The way to wine tasting -- |
 in Enzan. |
 The first winery |
 served wine in sake glasses, |
 but the lunch there was very good. |
 Table grapes |
 peaches in paper bags |
 perfect white peaches |
 Second winery |
 tasting room |
 third winery main house |
 tasting room |
 Day 4, a cruise up a river through Tokyo. |
 Cruise route. |
 Another cruise ship. |
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 Asahi building and the Tokyo Sky Tree tower |
 The Asahi building. |
 Lunch at the Asahi building. |
 An art show in Harujukuk. |
 Dinner with Hisa in Shinjuku. |
 Fancy french food. |
 Day 5, dinner with Akiko and Isao |
 in a fancy Italian restaurant on the 71st floor. |
 Akiko's condo building |
 View from Akio's building, looking toward Daiba. |
 Day 6 in Sapporo, the first room they gave us -- unacceptable. |
 The second room they gave us -- much better. |
 Dinner with the Miyamoto family. |
 An Oregon beer. |
 Good Japanese food. |
 Day 7, bowling session numer 1. |
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 Yakatori dinner with Emiko's other brother |
 Koji. |
 Day 8, a new building by Akiko's company, Kajima. |
 Brunch at the Prince Hotel. |
 The biggest tomato plant I've ever seen, 20 feet in diameter. |
 The history of the plant. Their goal is to get 20,000 tomatoes from this single plant. |
 Tatsuhiko college. |
 A day spa. |
 Relaxing afterward, Michio and Tatsuhiko. |
 Atsuko and Mother. |
 Bob and Emiko. |
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 Dinner after the spa, Udon noodles, |
 made fresh on site. |
 Our third room at the Sapporo Grand -- they had to move us because someone else had reserved our previous room. |
 Dap 9, bowling session 2. |
 Tonkatsu lunch after bowling. |
 The last dinner. |
 Day 10, heading home from Chitose Airport. |
 Last minute shopping at Uniqlo at Narita Airport. |
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 Flying from LAX to SFO, over Ventura, almost home. |
 Tabby was fine when we got home, What a relief. |
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