Marj and Dean just returned from a 10 day trip to Japan.
This is “cherry blossom season” so every picture is gorgeous!
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Everything is so clean!
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Dean shopping
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Cherry Blossoms
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Beautiful countryside
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Dean along the river
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Museum
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Cherry Blossoms
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Spring in Japan
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Authentic Japanese Dinner
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Menu
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Geisha Girls Dancing
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Wax Food
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Guy on left is “Last Shogun”
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Japanese Style public toilet. Hotel toilets were awesome.
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Our Bento lunch today. It was so pretty and tasted great.
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Cherry blossom Mochi
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More cherry blossoms
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Dean loves his Kihei Rent A Car t-shirt
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This is where we went today. Mount Yoshino. Near Kyoto Going on the “Bullet” train tomorrow to Okayama In Japan it is called “Shinkansen”
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Cherry blossoms only bloom about 9 days a year so everyone is excited.
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Japanese Temple
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We are in Kanazawa now. Took a train 3 hours south of Tokyo. Lots of cherry blossoms!
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Rode the Bullet Train “Shinkansen” to Okayama
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Even the train stations are super clean
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Ate a really big tasty bowl of Ramen
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11 stories tall with shopping malls, whole floors just for Ramen restaurants. In the basement was a full on grocery store.
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White cherry blossoms