May 03 - Most of us arrive in Tokyo

                Group Picture AMNH

                Group Picture Smithsonian

                Map of Japan (BIG with route)

May 04 - Senso-ji Shrine

                Tokyo Edo Museum

                40th Floor Tokyo World Trade Ctr

May 05 - Sumo Stable
                Tokyo National Museum
                Leaving for airport
                Hakodate on Hokkaido Island
                The Clipper Odyssey

May 06 - Aomori
                Hirosaki Castle

May 07 - Sado Island
                Taiko Drum performance
                Soba Noodle Making
                Obata Saki Plant / Tasting
                Unknown but interesting Shrine
                Children's Day Carp Flags flying

May 08 - Kanazawa
                Kenroku-en Garden
                Tea Ceremony Garden
                Omicho Local Market

May 09 - Matsue
                Washi paper making Yakumo-an village
                DYI Grilled lunch at brewery
                Ceramics Museum
                Samurai Quarters
                Matsue Castle (not Mt. Fuji tho)
                (Late) Welcoming ceremony & dance
               Attempt at Jelly Fish shot

May 10 - Hagi
                Samurai Quarters garden
                Local Pottery Kiln
                $3,000 Pot!!!
                Hagi Uragami Museum
                French Glass Display (Incredible)
                Hagi Fishing Harbor (Squid Boat)
                Toko-ji Temple & 500 Lanterns

May 11 - Pusan & Kyongju SouthKorea
                Fish Market (Live fish!)
                Cloned Apartment Buildings!
                Pulguksa temple in Kyongju
                Dance at lunch
                Tumuli Park & Flying Horse Tomb
                
                   

May 12 - Nagasaki
                HUGE LNG Tanker
                Cruise Ship under Construction
                Reconstructed Dutch Houses
                Walking to Thomas Glover Home
                Thomas Glover Home & Garden
                Dragon Dance
                Museum with different dragons
                Nagasaki Atomic Memorial
                Welcoming Commitee & Dance
                Drummers as we left

May 13 - Hiroshima
                Atomic Bomb Memorial
                Garden to calm nerves

May 14 - Miyajima Island
                 Friendly deer
                 Itsukushima Shrine
                 Floating Torii Gate
                 BIG wooden carvings for sale
                     (George's image perhaps)
                 Raw/Cooked Oysters yummm
                 Kitchen tour

May 15 - Kurashiki
                Folkcraft Museum
                Fishing boat protest
                Aki sings Country Western

May 16 - End of Boat Ride @ Kobe
                Osaka Castle
                Taiko-en restaurant
                Jyoruri puppet play
                Kiyomizu temple Kyoto
                Geisha Presentation

May 17 - Nijo Castle
                 Golden Pavilion in the rain!
                 Train/Subway Adventure

May 18 - Ms. Noma's Machiya Home
                Pretend Geisha
                Lunch with food closeup
                Kokodera Moss Garden
                  at Saiho-ji temple
                Astronomy Hobby
                Ryoan-ji temple rock garden
                Geisha at final dinner

May 19 - On to Osaka airport and away