On the way back from Indonesia in August I made a stop in Japan to see our son Brian and his family and, hopefully, catch a glimpse of the iconic Mt. Fuji.
A visit to the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center in Shizuoka was a very good place to start.
Forty-two years ago I left Rockford, Illinois after a seven month stint at a local radio station. At about the same time a local resident named John Anderson was beginning to convert some marsh land near his house into a Japanese themed garden. Eventually the garden became quite the thing and it was donated to the Rockford Rotary Charitable Association to be run as a non-profit attraction. And attractive it is. In remembrance of the wonderful time we had visiting our son Brian and his family in Japan a year ago, Anne and I made a visit to the Anderson Japanese Gardens today.
Before our trip to Japan we were dismayed to read the weather forecasts and to see them filled with cloudy, rainy days. But it wasn’t so bad. Then, when our last day in Izukuni dawned (previous article on this page) bright and sunny, we rejoiced with an early morning excursion around the neighborhood.
Early morning jaunt.
Anna is ready for another adventure. She has her adventure boots on.
Finally the time for the biggest trip of the year arrived. We flew off to Japan on September 28th and followed the sun all the way across the Pacific, past the Aleutian islands, to Japan.
12 hours in the air, Minneapolis to Tokyo.
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