Tokyo here we come, we’re sitting in the lap of luxury at the Alaska Airlines Lounge in Seattle, with an incredible view of the runway. We’re not particularly luxury travellers but splurging for the lounge during this layover is the best purchase Rusty has made. Highly recommend!
As we celebrate my impending 60th, Yosiell’s 46th, and Rusty’s early retirement, a trip to Japan seems to be a very appropriate indulgence. Two weeks in Japan sounds like a wonderful respite from the chaos in our country right now. I’m sure eventually the country will return to a modicum of civility and quite frankly to our principles but not for quite awhile and sometimes we need a breather from the negativity and bedlam. Tokyo will hopefully help us provide the break we so desperately need.
Why Tokyo? It has been a place on all of our bucket lists It’s only a place I know from Youtube videos, movies, media, and restaurants. Today many of our products (cheap ones at least) are made in China. In the 70’s I remember many items with the “Made in Japan” sticker, at the time far more ubiquitous than the “Made in China” sticker. To a child, the cheap toys and tchotchkes from Japan were truly treasures. To little boy me, Japan must have seemed a wonderland.
Today I’m looking forward to seeing what must be a unique blend of an intense commitment to technology and innovations, coupled with an ancient cultural heritage filled with traditions and customs many times older than our country. So gentle readers, once more into the unknown for our Japanese adventure.
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