HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM JAPAN

 This is my second posting today, for it's Thanksgiving in the USA:

In Japan, that was yesterday.  Woke up this morning to a gorgeous view, tainted by that ugly tower:

However, snow on mountain tops....and could that be?  Yes, Mount Fuji just left of that eyesore:

We then went for breakfast.  Another feast:

A second shot of Mount Fuji later in the morning:

Day 10 of our Orient trip.  We later today board the Diamond Princess, with stops on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa and Taiwan.  

Some lowlights include too much beef tongue and no Pearl's Gold Koi at Matsumoto Castle.  But the highlights were aplenty, including almost perfect weather.  #1 has to be the Concierge Lounge at the Nagoya Marriott Associa:

#2 was the trifecta of Pearl's Black and White Koi and my Blue-bar Pigeon, with what looked very closely like Pearl's Gold Koi, at Seikkeien in Hiroshima;

#3, although, really the overall best, considering the daily encounters, were the Fall Colors:

The above colored hills were seen throughout on the Shinkansen rides, which leads to #4, the food, on the train, hotel breakfasts and, rarely, out at restaurants, the highlight being our Sendai wagyu beef lunch:

I might add that my United flight into Narita featured pretty good cuisine and drinks:

Tomorrow, the Diamond Princess.  Not quite sure when will be my next posting, for at-sea transmissions can sometimes be difficult.

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Now a typhoon, Kammuri is heading for Manila, with landfall late Saturday or early Sunday.  The local name is Typhoon Tissoy, the 20th ocean storm of 2019:

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