Ray and Jenny Jardine visit Japan, Dec 2016

Day 6: Return to Tokyo

After the event, we flew back to Tokyo and spent a few days in the heart of the city.

San’in Kaigan Geopark Officials seeing us off at the Tottori Airport.

"Dear Ray and Jenny Jardine,

Thank you very much for participating in the San'in Kaigan Geopark Trail Association Long Trail Forum in Tottori the other day. The most important factor of the success of the Forum was your participation and cooperation. Not only the participants but also the performers were very pleased to meet you. Of course, we were also. In addition, we are glad you liked Tottori and the San'in Kaigan Geopark. I am looking forward to seeing you again. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.

- Yuji Tokuda, Tottori Tourism and Convention Association, San'in Kaigan Geopark Trail

I was mystified how to eat noodles with chop sticks.

Pick up a gob of them, and put them in the bowl of dipping sauce.

More gifts from Naoto.

Our dear friends Naoto and Katsu, seeing us off at the hotel. For the next two days we would be on our own.

Be-Pal Magazine, the officials at San’in Kaigan Geopark, and the Tottori Tourism Bureau and Prefecture government.

Day 7: Tokyo and the Kiyosumi Garden

Nearby the hotel was this fruit and veg store. The produce caught our eye. Wow!

Tokyo at night. The view from our hotel from the 20th floor.

We spent the greater part of a day in Kiyosumi Garden. The entrance fee for me was only 75 cents.

Pond Turtle taking a sun bath.

"Our" Grey Heron, a koi fish, a pintail duck and greater scaups.

This Grey Heron was wild but totally unafraid of people. We sat there with the bird for 45 minutes, and during that time dozens of people walked by. One person reached out and touched it, and the bird merely scooted over a few feet. And that's a big thing we noticed about Japanese people. They have great respect for things. In this case the beauty of the park and the wild birds and fish.