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In May I went to Japan to visit Several Universities (Ritsumeikan University, Kanagawa Institute of Technology and Hokkaido University).
One night I stayed in a hotel overlooking Yokohama Harbor

Most of the adventure was on the trip to Hokkaido - the northernmost of the Japanese islands.
Hokkaido Pictures
In August I took my mother over to Japan to travel around Kyoto and Tokyo, and to meet Junko's family.
Family Trip Pictures