S.A.C.

Ok everyone, this will be my last post on this blog, although I'm thinking about throwing a selection of photos on here for completeness. I encourage Matt and Warren to post up a summary or reflection, but as I feel now, for them it might be hard to reflect. Should I start a new blog called matt matt and warren's super sad time Seattle?

Actually, I'm finding it easy now. My thanks go to Liz, Warren's mom, for enabling our travels in the first place. Without her help and continual involvement in the plane ticket process, we would never have thought of Japan. She escorted us through lines on the day of our departure. She handled our PNR and addressed our many questions. The financial benefit.. Thank you, Liz.

I should also note that we flew Business Class to and from Japan. WOW. On both flights we were kings, especially since the flight crew knew that we were friends of Liz. Thanks again, Liz! I will leave it to Warren and Matt elaborate more on the flights!

My thanks also go to my family, who always support me.

To Aleena, our beloved housemate!

To everyone who gave me ideas for travelling in Japan, and especially Megan and Shiho! Thank you. Not only were ideas given, but enthusiasm, excitement, and guides were translated. I feel that most of my appreciation (the small things and perhaps a personal overtone) of our small trip was enabled by your friendship. Thank you, all.

As I feel, everyone who has pursued some association with Japan, or has simply been enamored by Japanese culture, can list things that can endear our culture here. Perhaps as a more appropriate course of action, I observe that these things are embodied, instead of listed. And through a form of transmission they cause others to pursue and embody them as well. As I feel it has happened to me. Will it happen to you?