The gardens next to the Hotel Chinzanso in Tokyo are just magnificent! Marla, and I, with our granddaughters, explored the gardens every day during our stay in Tokyo. In 1878, Yamagata Aritomo came into possession of this area, built a large mansion with gardens and named it “Chinzanso.”…
I spent over a year planning a trip with Marla and our granddaughters to Japan, Thailand, Bali, Singapore, and Hong Kong but it almost didn’t happen! A week before our departure Marla was in the hospital for 3 nights with a fracture in her foot that had not…