Japan Highlights

I used these hot public baths sometimes 2-3 times a day. It helped keep me relaxed.

Finding a restaurant devoted to these fried, breaded pork chops took some doing, but it was tastily worth it.

We learned how to throw shuriken, use blow darts, and some basic sword cuts all with drinks and a meal.

There was a live show with Samurai and Ninja.

I think the son-in-law had too much to drink - he kept telling us he was Shohei Ohtani.

Not only was it wild perusing all the food vendors and other shops, but I was able to use the sights to recognize Osaka in John Wick Chapter 4 before the movie told me where it was taking place.

There are strict rules about how to NOT engage with these macaques, but ultimately it was still an incredible close encounter.

One where we walked a dog, then stayed to pet some others, and another where we simply cuddled with mini French poodles.

In Tokyo, not completely unlike Dontonburi