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March 20, 2004
Interested in Japan...?
We had a fun dinner last night with an old friend, Steve Beimel, and his lovely wife Ritsuko. Steve runs the most amazing tours of Japan through Esprit Travel, and, as he mentioned, they're a "12-year overnight success". His tours are receiving top ratings from the Smithsonian, and have now come onto the radar of some of the major tour operators in the U.S. I can say from personal experience (Kathryn and I spent two weeks last October in zen temples, gardens, and visiting artists and potters with Steve) they are in a class by themselves. A most unlikely-looking tour guide for Japan (a funny, tall, New York Jewish guy), Steve's not only totally bilingual but lives and breathes Japanese history and culture. If you've ever had a hankering to do the Japanese thing... I highly recommend you take advantage of Steve and company before they get as popular as they're going to become. Lovely preamble to our dinner was an ikebana lesson I got from Ritsuko (see my "masterpiece" below!)
Posted by David at March 20, 2004 07:29 AM
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Nice work with the flowers David ;) A stunning arrangement.
Thanks for sharing the tip, I have wanted to go to Japan for years now but have always found planning a trip there to be overwhelming and business has never taken me there either.
I will check these folks out.
BTW - Welcome to the blogosphere. Nice to see that you took Buzz and Robert's enthusiasm to heart and you are here with us. Nice seeing you in Seattle again.
Yours,
lenn
Posted by: lenn pryor at March 22, 2004 10:02 AM
