Notes from our trip to Chna and Japan in Sept/Oct 2010

1. ASIA - 2010
Sharon and Hugh

2. ZHENGZHOU, HENAN, CHINA

3. GUESTS OF PROF. MENG AND FAMILY

4. ZHENGZHOU
Henan Province
Museum
Downtown skyline
Apartments

5. SUNDAY IN THE PARK

6. DINING
Fried scorpions
A typical meal
Making taffee
Preparing
noodles

7. SHAOLIN TEMPLE

8. SHAOLIN TEMPLE

9. PAGODA GARDEN AT SHAOLIN TEMPLE

10. KUNG FU SCHOOL AT SHAOLIN TEMPLE

11. LONGMEN GROTTOS

13. LIJIANG, YUNNAN, CHINA
Lijiang is in mountainous
southwest China.
The old part of the city
is the best preserved
ancient town in China.

14. PARADISE HOTEL IN LIJIANG
Office and front desk Dining room
Front door

15. THE OLD CITY

16. SHOPS IN LIJIANG

18. NIGHT LIFE IN LIJIANG

19. CHINESE TRADITIONAL MUSIC
PERFORMED BY NAXI PEOPLE

20. JADE TIGER SNOW MOUNTAIN

22. LEAPING TIGER GORGE
As you approach the choke point,
the water gets more active, until …
A long walk along the river
Elevation – 13,000 feet

23. LEAPING TIGER GORGE
Myth has it that a tiger once leaped to the rock in the center,
then to the other side.
6 million gallons
per second!

24. TIBETAN HORSES

25. SHANGRI-LA
 Originally a fictitious Tibet city
in named in the 1930s book
Lost Horizon and famed as a
perfect place to live - China
renamed a county in Yunnan
Province to attract tourists.
Farmer’s Market
Hotel lobby

26. SONGZANLIN MONASTERY
A long way up!

27. POTA TSO NATIONAL PARK
High point of the day
was at 14,000 feet

28. SHANGHAI
The Bund
Lunch with our friend
Chunyan (Candida) Zhu
River bridge
at night

29. SHANGHAI MUSEUM

30. SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010
China

31. Hellishly long lines
(4-6 hours)
United Kingdom’s
“Dandelion”

32. Expo Garden

33. EXPO AT NIGHT

34. KYOTO
Three
Sisters
Ryokan

35. THE GION

36. HENAN SHRINE

37. BUDDHIST TEMPLES

39. MEDITATION DRY GARDENS

41. TEMPLE GARDENS

42. The first guns ever seen in Japan (ca 1600)
Jiso Bodhisattvas
Protector of women, children, & travelers

44. SUSHI LUNCH

45. UJI

46. BYODOIN TEMPLE

47. TOKYO
We are hosted by our friends from 2007
Tsuneko Takagi, Zen Yamada, and Keiko Yamada
They were wonderful and generous in seeing that
we saw the best of Tokyo. We are most thankful.

48. NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF EMERGING SCIENCE & INNOVATION
Yamada san is a docent
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49. MORE FAMILY
Daughter Jennifer and
Granddaughter Kelsey
joined us.

50. OSUGI FAMILY
We were homestay guests of the Osugi family in 2007.
They took us around Tokyo for a day.

51. KAITEN ZUSHI!

52. MEIJI SHRINE
Two weddings

53. TAKESHITA DORI – SHOPPING STREET
Where the young people shop…

54. TEA AT OSUGI’S HOME

55. DINNER WITH SALEM STATE STUDENTS
Miyuki and Emiko
Shino
Aya
Kiho
Megumi
Yuka

56. OGAWA FAMILY
Kiho’s parents drove
into town just to meet us
We felt very honored.

57. TOUR OF TOKYO

58. TOUR (CONTINUED)