All of Dad's reading and planning for our trip to Japan really paid off. He was able to choose wonderful places to eat the few times we were on our own for meals, made sure we saw some outstanding sights in each city and even gave our Japanese guide and group members good leads on restaurants. In fact, several of our friends cited their favorite meal of the whole trip as one in a restaurant Dad had mentioned. We ate there and it was excellent.
It will take me a long time to organize and post memorable scenes from our trip, but I thought I'd start with these showing Dad in various locations. He was sometimes willing...sometimes, not so much (especially when it took me too long to fiddle with the camera before shooting) - you can imagine.
The first scene (from the top) was taken in a huge, atmospherically gloomy, cemetery on Mount Koya-san. The second is in a famous Japanese garden - note the HUGE bonsai-style tree in the background. Next I took a picture of Dad in a familiar role...taking a picture...at Matsumoto castle. The fourth picture is taken inside the castle on the top level, overlooking the grounds. I think Dad was smiling because we had arrived at the top!!
Dad is preparing a DVD with beautiful scenes from our trip - complete with music. I'm showing you some "human interest" shots.
