Last day rush meeting friends

			Pages Leave SFO and Reference Map Visiting old haunts in "Shitamachi" Visit to Mrs. Asada Visit the Nishizawa grave and cousin Yumi Akiko family dinner Noriko and friends visit Hakone Noriko meets up with cousins in Yaizu The Osaka clan The Kyoto clan Mt Hiei Yasugi Tatara - The Wakou Museum Matsue Iwami Ginzan IzumoTaisha Last day rush meeting friends
Last day rush meeting friends Dinner with Noriko's high school friends
Maki at Monzennakacho	Bonnie at Shibuya	The Gals plus
Last day rush meeting friends. So little time, so many people to see.



1. Maki at Monzennakacho With Maki, formerly our neighbor in Berkeley.
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2. Bonnie at Shibuya Bonnie, our former neighbor in Berkeley. A medieval poetry scholar, she is spending a year in Japan doing research for her PhD.
_22nov13-b_2205.jpg	_22nov12-1817_nn.jpg Shibuya at night. Even Bonnie feels too old for it.


3. The Gals plus "Bane-san", Itsuko ("Itsuko"), Akemi ("Okashi"), Tomoko ("Tonko"), Noriko ("Olivu"), Bruce ("Brusu").
_22nov13-b_1718.jpg Really expensive sake, near the top of the "top 100".	_22nov13-b_1726b.jpg We used up our allocated two hours and were ejected.	_22nov13-b_1850.jpg After-dinner coffee at a different place.