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Tokyo to Honjo – November 2, 2023

Marunouchi Hotel breakfast – Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict

Marunouchi Hotel – Rooftop Garden

Old Tokyo Station from the Marunouchi Hotel 7th Floor Restaurant

Shinkansen Bullet Train to Honjo

Honjo Park – Scarecrows and Solar Panels

Picnic in the park with Eiko and Mom

Honjo – Waseda University exhibit of Haniwa terracotta figures, glass beads, and pottery dating back to the Paleolithic Period

Honjo – Waseda University

Honjo – Waseda University building exterior detail

Honjo Autumn Festival – Origins started in the 1600’s

Honjo Autumn Festival

Honjo Autumn Festival

Honjo Autumn Festival

Honjo Autumn Festival – Yakatori Vendor

Honjo Autumn Festival – Goldfish

Junko introducing us to friends at the festival

Honjo Autumn Festival – Following our businessman tour guide through the streets of Honjo in search of sake!

Honjo Autumn Festival – Sake!

Honjo Autumn Festival – The Revelers taking a sake and biru break from the mayhem in the streets

Festival Sized Sake!

Our Festival Sake Guide, Junko, Eiko, Mom, and I

Honjo Autumn Festival – 1939 Vintage Twins (84 year old partiers)

Honjo Autumn Festival – Eiko and Mom

Honjo Autumn Festival – Grilled Chicken

Honjo Autumn Festival – Yakisoba Noodle Sticks

Honjo Autumn Festival – Chocolate covered bananas

Honjo Autumn Festival – Traffic Jam 1

Honjo Autumn Festival – Traffic Jam 2

Honjo Autumn Festival – Float Figurehead

Honjo Autumn Festival – Drum Battle at the intersection