Goodbye 2024 – Hello 2025
On this blog, we have a tradition of reflecting on the memorable places we’ve explored over the past year. To set the tone, let’s begin with a track by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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This post covers the first half of 2024. We started the Japan trip in Kanazawa in March.
Kanazawa 金沢
Tsuzumi-mon gate
Kyoto 京都
Hōkan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)
法観寺 (八坂の塔)
I(Chris) joined friends to walk a short stretch of the Shikoku Henro (四国遍路).
Zentsuji 善通寺
near Temple No. 75 on Shjikoku Henro
Marugame 丸亀
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (丸亀市猪熊弦一郎現代美術館(MIMOCA)
Takamatsu 高松
View from Mount Yashima observation deck 屋島展望台
Naoshima 直島
草間 彌生 Yayoi Kusama’s sculpture
Osaka 大阪
Dotonbori 道頓堀
Lake Tahoe, California & Nevada
A long weekend with friends in April
Santa Cruz, California
A day by the beach in May
Alaska
In June, we went on a cruise to Alaska that departed from San Francisco and took us to see the Inside Passage.
Skagway
“Gateway to the Klondike”
Juneau
Capital of the state of Alaska
Glacier Bay
… as good a view as one could get on that day
Ketchikan
“Salmon Capital of the World”
Prince Rupert, Canada
Transpacific shipping hub for Northern British Columbia
More photos and stories from each of these places will be shared on th blog in the coming months.
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