March 15th - March 18th
Highlights include:
- A long bus ride through the mountains - this was the "wallet factory day"
- Silk, gold leaf, bamboo (not the real bamboo forest but a decent compromise
- First starbucks find
- Kimono museum
- 2nd Geisha district
- Great breakfast buffet
- Silk scarves painting
- Food market / lunch at noodle counter
- Contemporary museum (pool exhibit and more)
- First sushi meal
- Peninsula drive (right on the beach)
- Laquer
- Lunch in the farm house - complete with sword and heated electric blanket
- Chinese food