Some castles I visited in June.








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Where are we here exactly?
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Osaka and Himeji.
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That is great. Japan is on my list...it might be a few years though...focused on exploring Istanbul Turkey.
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My Japan flights are booked for next July. :-)
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Going to be hot and humid and prepare to walk.
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Watch the TV show on PBS "Journeys in Japan" and you will be stunned at all that Japan has to offer. Really learned a lot about the country I never knew. Can't believe how beautiful the southern islands are near Okinawa. Then the beauty of the northern mountains.

Really incredible diversity.
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Yeah, I'm aware. We may end the trip in Sapporo to escape it a bit. But otherwise, we'll survive.
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I have never been north of Tokyo. Both of my trips were in Kansai and Kanto regions.
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More from Osaka.










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Came to the thread after reading Zach and Glory's spat about fat in Scho's thread, and the three of you have posts on this last page about Alaska, Palau, and Okinawa. Went to Alaska in the spring, currently in Palau, heading to Oki soon. Sometimes I think I live in the Truman Show, too many coincidences.
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Outstanding!!! If you dive, LORD you need to get in the water. If not, at least snorkel..

I got back from Roatan a few weeks ago and I'll be heading to Cozumel in February for at lest two weeks but maybe more if the diving is right(like Bonaire, it's sort of my second home!!!), then Cayman Brac again in May, 2024.

Life is good, diving makes it all the more perfect...
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Some really nice “restaurants” in Nishinari-ku. :-)
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That sounds awesome. If I had more time in one place, I'd get schooled up on diving. For now, snorkeling has been my huckleberry. My fair skin doesn't fare well here with the reef-safe sunscreen you've gotta use, though.
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These days people just do the long sleeve rash guard. You still have to protect the legs, feet, face, ears, nose and neck, but that can be done.
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