JAPAN

These pictures were taken during my Sister City trip to Japan May 29-June 10, 2000.  We stayed with two host families in the cities of Hitachi (sister city of Birmingham, AL) and Maebashi, and then stayed three additional nights in Tokyo. 

Me and my host family:  Mariko-san, Hideto, and Hideaki-san.

To the left is a picture of me standing behind a miniature model of the "sakura," or cherry blossom float.

Me and some of the other students

Sakura, one of the translators who is also a college student from Tokyo.

PEACE!  One of the cutest Japanese kids I had seen!