We were supposed to sail Japan and Korea with John Meffert and the National Trust in April of 2020. We finally made it in April, 2024, sailing the Inland Sea of Japan (with one day in Korea) on Ponant’s Le Soleil (still with the Trust, and still with John Meffert as our leader). We added a few days in Tokyo after the tour.
| April 17 | Konnichiwa from Kyoto! |
| April 18 | Beyond Kyoto Station |
| April 19 | Kiyomizu-dera, Nijo-ji, and a couple of interesting restaurants |
| April 20 | Sake, Castle, and Ship |
| April 21 | Hiroshima |
| April 22 | Hagi |
| April 23 | Matsue Castle and the Adachi Museum of Art |
| April 24 | Gyeongju, South Korea |
| April 25 | Fugu very much |
| April 26 | Kurashki, an Onsen, and an imminent departure |
| April 27 | Lost in Shinkansen |
| April 28 | Tokyo on our own |
| April 29 | Kamakura |
| April 30 | Ueno Park |
| May 1 | The Imperial Palace |
| May 2 | Tokyo in the Morning, Los Gatos at Night |