Tom and Cheryl Travels

Sado Island is the home of the world famous Kodo taiko drummers and is one of the biggest reasons Tom […]

We started with a very interesting lecture by Professor Michelle Damian on “Traditional Fishing and Sailing”. The welcoming committee was […]

We started with a lecture by Professor Werner Sollors about “Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan”.  Hearn (1850-1904) was a journalist who visited […]

We learned at the captain’s dinner that in order for a non-Japanese ship to make stops in Japan, that the […]

Today the tour visited four places in Hagi – walking tour of the old samurai quarter, lunch at a local […]

First I’d like to make a comment on the fantastic weather we’ve been having in Japan.  Except for one of […]

The ship arrived at Uwajima port about 7 am, and we were surprised by quite an elaborate welcome reception at […]

At 9:30 am, we had a fascinating talk by Professor Werner Sollors titled “John Hersey’s Hiroshima”.  It was based on […]

At 8:45 am, we took a 1.5-hour bus ride to Nara, the capital of Japan from 710-784 AD.  The hotel […]

Today started at 8:30 am with Professor Thomas Fingar giving a talk on “Japan Today”.  At 10 am, we headed […]