English student's kindest invite delivered personally on bicycle Sunday night. Looking closely at the hand crafted invite, the are clear pictures of their plans and arrangements for the fireworks display which they will fetch us for from our home.

Delicate colours and intricate hand-painted designs characterize the china of Noritake, one of the world's largest manufacturers of porcelain. Its garden complex includes a craft center where Ro & I put our brushing abilities to work - outcome is depicted here

Delicate colors and intricate hand-painted designs characterize the china of Noritake, one of the world's largest manufacturers of porcelain. Its garden complex includes a craft center—effectively a mini-factory where workers demonstrate the 15-step manufacturing process from modeling to glazing to hand painting. Ro and I designed, sketched, and painted a fine china plate which you can see in the image posted to this blog site. Our masterpiece :-) will be fir...

Rohan well known for finding the wildest foods in town for dinner...wouldn't you agree? I will proudly and anxiously admit he doesn't even squirm to put it back. At times doesn't even know for certain what it is or whether dead or alive! He still prefers to run from tomotoes, I must add

Splendid bamboo path into the hills and beautiful landscape showing off all the stunning red & orange leaves of the well known Autumn in Japan. The path began prior to the bamboo path itself with many traditional food stalls, and curio shops