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It’s been a long day and I’m somewhat tired, so this may be a somewhat abbreviated entry. We’ll see how much I can type before I have to call it a day.
We left the hotel in Kanazawa this morning –gee, come to think of it, I haven’t said anything about getting to Kanazawa in the [...]

We are in our hotel at Kyoto, which adds new dimensions to the word “posh”. Sadly our stay here will be much shorter than planned. The room does have a nice, fast Ethernet connection (and a multi-purpose scanner/fax/printer, and a remarkably stocked mini-bar, and complimentary Hennesy and other stuff we can’t drink, etc. etc.) so [...]

This will be my last posting here until we’re back home. I have a bunch more photos to post but I don’t expect to post the from here, given the circumstances and the necessity of making a long-distance phone call just to get a slow dial-up connection. Check back in a few days. Thanks for [...]

Special note to those of you who are directly affected by our change in plans (Hi Judy and Lisa): we’ll provide details when we have them.

We have arrived in Kanazawa. I’m gonna be brief because I have to make a long-distance call just to get a modem connection, and a slow one at that.
We’re bailing out. Tracie is getting worse and the backup antibiotics she brought “for emergency use only” aren’t agreeing with her. Current plan is to head to [...]

We’re checking out of our hotel in 20 minutes and heading to the bus station to catch the bus to Kanazawa. As before, don’t panic if no new posts appear here for a day or so; it merely means that I’m unable to obtain an internet connection. Also, since we’re arriving early in the afternoon [...]

Since I just wrote at some length about the Japanese medical system I suppose it’s as good a time as any to post a couple of photos I’ve been saving. Both of the hotels we’ve stayed in have rather elaborate toilets. My description of and commentary on these devices will require a descent into bathroom [...]

Here’s what you don’t want to see if you visit Takayama:

That’s the hallway of the emergency room of the Takayama Red Cross Hospital. We spent our morning exploring the health care system of Japan as represented by this local hospital. I won’t leave you in suspense: Tracie is basically okay but still does not feel [...]

I sort of blew it this afternoon. After doing my “Morning Stroll” entry and showing Tracie photos of the town, I set out again in search of lunch. I made several mistakes. The first was that I got a later start than I should have. The second was that I forgot to bring along the [...]

I plan to post an entry here devoted to the wonders of Japanese beverage vending machines, but first I need to comment on just one particular beverage: Bikkle.
Someone I know told me about Bikkle. It was either Dan or Gregory, I think. (Any guesses, guys?) I have to admit that I mostly forgot what I [...]