Acupuncture study, travels, and adventures in Japan
So those last couple of days in Japan were full of learning, fun and photos and, unfortunately, I started using more of the features on my camera and so my photo files became larger. This was a problem because most of the really good ones that I wanted to use for blog posts were too … Read more
I am going to have to research this one. When we got to our hostel in Matsuyama, the man of the hostel took us on to the rec room and proceeded to demonstrate his healing methodology that he practices. Shockingly, it involves marking the body with silver and gold painting pen on various places to … Read more
We finally made it to a more reliable internet connection tonight. Here we are in Matsuyama on Shikoku Island at the Matsuyama Shinsenen Youth Hostel. It was a Shinkansen (Bullet Train) travel day after we got an excellent lesson and lecture from one of our teachers that came to Miyawaki … Read more
There’s always a good time for sweet treats. Now it is lunchtime at the Shonihari conference (Pediatric Acupuncture). We went to the convenience store to get our bagged lunch for the day. So my sweet treat of the day was this sweet bun filled with aduki bean and whipped creamy yumminess! And … Read more
The perfect way to start the trip. We arrived late and woke early so we could enjoy a relaxed day of sight seeing. We made our way out of the hotel onto the streets of Osaka, which were filled with parked bicycles and this gaggle of students. We took a couple of trains and … Read more
The flight was long but perfectly comfortable as we ended up able to stretch our legs in an exit row. Drifting off here and there as we crossed the Pacific Ocean, we were awoken several times by the shrieks of our little toddler friend in the row next to us. Little guy was having so … Read more
All big journeys come with some amount of stress. So whereas the first trip involved a last minute passport replacement, this one took a little finagling to fix a last name first name switcheroo. All is well and Nancy and I are at our gate in L.A. awaiting our boarding time for our flight to … Read more
The excitement is growing. April 7th is out departure date and Kuwahara-Sensei sent us our (nearly) finalized itinerary. We have some great experiences in store… A few weeks ago, Sensei sent us an email which contained two itinerary options for the trip. In the email he wrote: “[I have] two type of itinerary [options for … Read more
So this post is now a few days late. It’s very disconcerting to go through such a time warp as flying halfway around the world can do. We have made it safely back to the U.S. and I have just finished a ridiculously long night of sleep. I tried going to bed at the local … Read more
