Barbara Thompson

Tokyo

Thursday, April 2, 2026 We are in our awesome hotel, on the 15th floor overlooking a park on the roof of a shopping area. Keith is staring out the window trying to figure out which way the ocean is so he knows where to look for Godzilla coming. He is making a plan! Our train […]

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Kanazawa

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 it just cannot be overstated how great Mike has been at organizing our transportation. Kristine and I love watching Keith and Mike stand at machines or talk to transportation people while we do nothing at all. We took two different trains from Kyoto to Kanazawa this morning. It was great to

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Kyoto

Sunday, March 29, 2026 I woke up at 4am and had to check on the No Kings rallies happening at home. I had a picture from Donna of Nancy and pictures from friend Jean. Friend Cheryl had listed some things she heard that she really liked. I liked them too. We are all connected. None

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Hiroshima

Friday, March 27, 2026 We all went to 7-11 for breakfast. It was a definite upgrade from eating in the hotel restaurant. We shared a chicken cutlet sandwich, grapes, and each had our new favorite, a souffle with whipped cream and custard (think a really good homemade twinkie). All of yesterday’s perseverance in getting working

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Nara

Thursday, March 26, 2026 Getting our seven-day rail pass was not easy. Well, it was for me because I just stood away and let everyone else work on it. They did a terrific job. It took a metro ride to a train station, then a train ride to a different train station, waiting in one,

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Early Post

Monday, March 23, 2026 We are about to get on the plane, and it will be tomorrow when we get off, so I better post now. Visiting Japan is a top of the bucket list thing for me. I’ve always thought if I got a terminal diagnosis I’d get on a plane to Japan first,

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