Posted in Asia, IPT Tours, On the Road Again on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
IPT Tour Coordinator Karin Galloway reports from our Japanese Journey:
Takayama today, very interesting place. I stumbled upon one of the most beautiful coffeshops I have ever been to. Even the people drinking coffee were beautiful. Very distinguished salt and pepper haired men in fine suits reading the paper and sipping their espresso. Women with silk scarves and [...]
Posted in Asia, IPT Tours, On the Road Again on April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
IPT Tour Coordinator Karin Galloway reports from our Japanese Journey:
Rain today, we might have to exchange the walk for some woodworking activity, we will see.
Posted in Asia, IPT Tours, On the Road Again on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
IPT Tour Coordinator Karin Galloway reports from our Japanese Journey:
We had a good day today. We are still in the Shirakawago district and spent the day exploring the villages and learning about the unique architecture and history of the place. Very interesting.
It is a high snowfall area here (up to 3 metres) and the houses are built [...]
Posted in Asia, IPT Tours, On the Road Again on April 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
IPT Tour Coordinator Karin Galloway reports from the Japanese Journey:
We are on the “Japanese Journey” and it is almost impossible to put in words what we have seen and experienced in the last 6 days…
We visited temples and shrines, slept on futons, learned about ancient traditional arts and crafts, meditated, appeared on local television, climbed [...]
