KON'NICHIWA JAPAN

HELLO JAPAN.  

This country has been on my bucket list for ages, but I never had the opportunity to visit. That is, until Boey invited me on a trip with her Buddhist group in 2019. We toured the Kanto Prefecture in Honshu, the main island of Japan. 

Landed in Chiba, and out next eight days was a road trip through Ibaraki, Tochigi, Saitama and Kanagawa. Our first night was in Ryokan Inn surrounded by onsen. It was a real traditional setting with tatami mat flooring and sliding doors

"We have NO BEDS," I wailed.

Well, when we returned from dinner, Japanese futons were laid out for us. 

Pardon the Ignoramus Me.

 These are pages from my travel-log. I lost much of my photographs when Thory pulled my laptop and sent it crashing to the floor. CRASH, went my software too! You know the phrase, "God SAVES," but Sassy Jam DID NOT. I lost over 10 years of data and pictures. 

LUCKY, you are one cute boy Thory or I would have given you away pronto.

 We visited Nikko Toshogu shrine deep in the cedar forests. Built in 1672 to enshrine Tokugawa leyasu, 1st Shogan of the Tokugawa shogunate.

I can imagine the samurai silently slithering along the roofs and corridors.

Sky berry picking was fun. We were allowed to eat as much as we wanted. Did you know that too many strawberries gives you diarrhoea? And this is NOT GOOD on a road trip!!

What is Japan without the sakura blossoms? We were lucky enough to be on time to catch the first blooms. 

A week earlier and we would have only seen sakura buds. 

Sayonara for now.

Malaysia's NOT doing well, 

STAY HOME, THE POLIS ARE  👀WATCHING 👀YOU.