Erikku papa

Dad's gone back home today after his 11 day trip...it was a good time. Here's the short list of the dids...
-Karaoke and snack bar and local izakaya with local drunks and rice farmers
-fresh sushi...and by fresh i mean still alive
-brought dad to school for show-and-tell
-something like 10 onsens, including a trip up into the far reaches of Akiyamago with Lopaka
-A day in Obuse in Nagano
-hit Nikko (i love that place) complete with fancy ryokan
-dinner with yuko's family
-Tokyo for a couple days, hit Asakusa, Shibuya at night and got tickets to Kabuki theater
-a day in peaceful Kamakura (I really like that place a lot!) with Yuko too
Those were the highlights. Pics to come later.
Ely shows up on Thursday to Tokyo for some kind of Golden Week craziness! Yowza! Yooppeee!