Trip List

Prefectures & Cities

Chiba- Narita Airport
Tokyo - Loop rail line
Saitama - Omiya
Tochigi - Utsunomiya, Nikko
Saitama - Omiya, Kawasoe, Higashi Matsuyama
Nagano - Nagano
Niigata - Jyoetsu
Toyama - Takaoka
Ishikawa - Kanazawa
Fukui - Fukui
Shiga - Maibara, Hikone, Otsu
Kyoto - Kyoto
Hyougo - Kobe, Himeji
Okayama - Okayama
Hiroshima - Hiroshima
Osaka - Osaka
Wakayama - Shirahama, Hongu, Shingu
Mie - Kumano
Aichi - Nagoya
Shizuoka - Shizuoka, Fujisawa
Kanagawa - Odawara, Atami, Yokohama, Kawasaki
Tokyo - Various parts
Chiba - Narita Airport

Hotels

09/29 - Omiya, Saitama Prefecture - Palace Hotel
09/30 - Omiya, Saitama Prefecture - Palace Hotel
10/01 - Nagano - Holiday Inn Express
10/02 - Nagano - Holiday Inn Express
10/03 - Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture - A-1 Hotel
10/04 - Hikone, Shiga Prefecture - _____ Hotel
10/05 - Kyoto - Garden Palace Hotel
10/06 - Kyoto - Garden Palace Hotel
10/07 - Kyoto - Garden Palace Hotel
10/08 - Kyoto - Garden Palace Hotel
10/09 - Kyoto - Garden Palace Hotel
10/10 - Hiroshima - Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima
10/11 - Hiroshima - Choice Hotel
10/12 - Osaka (Tennoji) - Tennoji Toei Hotel
10/13 - Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture - Shiraraso Grand Hotel
10/14 - Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture - Shiraraso Grand Hotel
10/15 - Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture - _____ Hotel
10/16 - Tokyo (Kamata), Ota-ku - Mitsui Garden Hotel
10/17 - Tokyo (Ikebukuro) - Sakura Hotel
10/18 - Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku
10/19 - Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Hotel Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku

Trains & Buses

JR Narita Express (NEX) - Narita Airport to Omiya
JR Shinkansen (Bullet Trains)
JR Wide View (Diesel) - Shingu to Nagoya
JR Other reserved seat trains
JR Local trains
Toei Line - Kawasoe to Higashi Matoyama & return
Tokyo Metro - Tokyo (Shinjuku) to Tokyo (Ichigaya) & return
Nikko Loop Bus
Kanazawa Loop Bus
Local bus - ____ to Peace Museum of Saitama
Osaka Castle Park - Road Train (Tram)
Friendly Airport Limousine - Tokyo (Shinjuku) to Narita Airport

Memorable Dinners & Lunchs

09/30 Tuesday - Nikko - LUNCH - On main street near national park
10/01 Wednesday - Kawasoe - LUNCH - Teriaki in railway station
10/02 Thursday - Nagano - Sam's Dining Saya Gaya (SC's salmon/sardine)
10/03 Friday - Jyoetsu - LUNCH - Railroad station convenience store
10/03 Friday - Takaoka - Joyrest & Pub (recommended by Jonathan Perry)
10/04 Saturday - Hikone - 7/11 across street from hotel
10/05 Sunday - Kyoto Dinner with Shigeko Uppuluri after walking in rain
10/06 Monday -Kyoto - LUNCH - Ritsumeikan University
10/06 Monday - Kyoto - Reception at Garden Palace Hotel (with magic & introductions)
10/07 Tuesday -Kyoto - LUNCH - Ritsumeikan University
10/07 Tuesday - Kyoto -
10/08 Wednesday - Kyoto, NE of Imperial Palace - Linden Baum
10/06 Thursday -Kyoto - LUNCH - Kyoto University of Art & Design
10/09 Thursday - Kyoto - Thursday - Reception at Kyoto University of Art & Design (with 6-headed dragon)
10/10 Friday - Hiroshima - LUNCH - Conference Center near Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
10/10 Friday - Hiroshima - Reception at Sunroute Hotel
10/11 Saturday -Hiroshima - Dinner with Peter Van den Dungen & Gerard Lossbroek
10/12 Sunday - Osaka (Tennoji), Shinsekai District - Skewers at ______ Restaurant
10/13 Monday - Osaka (Tennoji) - LUNCH - Coin operated restaurant
10/13 Monday - Shirahama - Shiraraso Grand Hotel with Shigeko Uppuluri (followed by "family bath")
10/14 Tuesday - Kii Mountains - LUNCH - Little Inn with Shigeko, Todo Motoko & ______ (we ate nothing)
10/14 Tuesday - Shirahama - Home of Shigeki & Ritzko Yoshino
10/15 Wednesday - Nagoya - Korean BBQ
10/16 Thursday - Odawara - LUNCH - Noodle dish on station platform
10/16 Thursday - Tokyo (Kamata) - Convenience store
10/17 Friday - Tokyo (Koutou-ku) _____ train station - LUNCH - Subway
10/17 Friday - Tokyo (Ikeburkuro) - McDonalds
10/18 Saturday - Tokyo (Shinjuku) -
10/19 Sunday - Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Brasserie Lion

Private Homes

Shirahama - Home of Shigeki & Ritzko Yoshino 10/14
Tokyo (Ikebukuro) - Home/office of Tomijiro Yoshida 10/17

Peace Museums

Higashi Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture - Peace Museum of Saitama (1993) - Not toured due to fatigue 10/01
Hiroshima - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (1955) - Toured 10/10
Kawasaki, Kosugi Area - Kawasaki Peace Museum (1992), Nakahara Peace Park - Toured 10/16
Kyoto - Kyoto Museum for World Peace (1992), Ritsumeikan University - Toured 10/06
Osaka - Osaka International Peace Center/Peace Osaka (1991) - Closed for holiday 10/13
Tokyo (Koutou-ku) - Daigo Fukuryu-Maru Exhibition Hall/5th Lucky Dragon (1976), Yumenoshima Park - Toured 10/17
Tokyo (Chiyoda) - Yushukan Museum, Yasukuni Jinga Shrine 10/19

Bells & Bell Factories

Hikone, Shiga Prefecture - Bell of the Hours, Hikone Castle (with bell tower) 10/04
Hiroshima - Bell of Peace (1949), Tamon-in Temple (with bell tower), near Hijiyama Park 10/11
Hiroshima - Peace Bell (1964), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 10/10
Hiroshima - Peace Bell (1967), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 10/10
Hiroshima - Replica of Nagasaki Bell 10/10
Kyoto - Rozan-ji Temple, just east of Imperial Park (surrounded by parking lot) 10/08
Kyoto - Iwasawa no Bonsho Co., Ltd. 10/09
Nagano - Zenko-ji Temple (with bell tower + small bell on steel tower) 10/02
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture - Tosho-gu Shrine (with bell tower) 09/30
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture - Rinno-ji Temple (with bell tower) 09/30
Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture - Oigo Bell Works 10/03
Tokyo (Nishi-Ikebukuro), Toshima-ku - World Peace Bell Association (WPBA) 10/17

Other Peace Monuments

Hiroshima - "World Children's Peace Sculpture" (2001) at Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium 10/11
Hiroshima - Peace Pagoda on ______ Hill, Nipponzan Myohoji 10/11
Hiroshima - Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall to the Atomic Bomb Victims 10/11
Hiroshima - "Gates of Peace" by Clara Halter on Peace Boulevard 10/11
Hiroshima - "Reconciliation" by Josefina de Vasconcellos in Conference Center 10/10
Hiroshima - Statue of Peace ("New Leaves") by Katsuzo Entsuba in front of Conference Center 10/11
Hiroshima - Norman Cousins Memorial in front of Peace Memorial Museum 10/11
Hiroshima - Many other peace monuments in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 10/10 & 10/11
Kawasaki, Kosugi Area - Nakahara Peace Park (1982) 10/16
Kawasaki, Kosugi Area - Peace sculpture (1983) by American Jim Sanborn in Nakahara Peace Park 10/16
Kawasaki - Other peace sculptures in Kawasaki Peace Park 10/16
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Peace Carillion, Shinjuku-Chuo Park (Shinjuku Central Park) 10/19
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Peace Statue (1 of 8 statues in plaza), Tokyo Municipal Building 10/19
Tokyo (Ueno) - Hiroshima Flame, Ueno Tosho-gu Shrine, Ueno Park 10/18

National Parks

Nikko National Park, Tochigi Prefecture
Yoshina Kumano National Park, Kii Peninsula

World Heritage Sites (UNESCO)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Kii Mountain Range, Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the
Kyoto, Historic Monuments of Ancient
Nikko, Shrines and Temples of

Scenic Wonders

Japan Alps - Near Nagano (seen mostly from inside railway tunnels 10/01)
Kii Peninsula - Mountains & mountain mists (by car 10/14)
Kii Peninsula - Sacred trees protected by Kumagusu Minakata [1867-1941]
Lake Biwa - Near Maibara & Otsu (from train 10/04 & 10/05)
Mount Fuji - At Fujisawa (overcast, from train 10/16)
Pacific Ocean - On three sides of Kii Peninsula (from train 10/13 & 10/15)
Sea of Japan - Between Jyoetsu & Toyama (from train 10/03)
Shirahama - Shirahama Beach (on foot 10/14)
Shirahama - Sandanpeki cliffs & Senjojiki rocks (by car 10/13)

Temples & Shrines

Hiroshima - Tamon-in Temple (with bell tower & Bell of Peace), near Hijiyama Park 10/11
Kii Peninsula - Kumano Hongu-Taisha (Grand Shrine) 10/14
Kii Peninsula - Kumano Kodo (pilgrimage route) with Takijiri-Oji, at least one other oji, tea house, etc. 10/14
Kyoto - Rozan-ji Temple, just east of Imperial Park (used as parking lot) 10/08
Nagano - Zenko-ji Temple (with long row of shops) 10/02
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture - Tosho-gu Shrine (with bell, pagoda etc.) 09/30
Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture - Rinno-ji Temple (with bell etc.) 9/30
Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture - "Great Image of Buddha" 10/03
Tokyo (Ueno) - Ueno Tosho-gu Shrine, Ueno Park (with Hiroshma Flame) 10/18
Tokyo (Chiyoda) - Yasukuni Jinga Shrine (with Yushukan Museum) 10/19

Festivals & Performances

Kyoto - Kyoto University of Art & Design (six-headed dragon) 10/09 Kyoto - Neighborhood at NE corner of Imperial Park (festival preparations) 10/08
Osaka - Carp fishing on fall holiday 10/13
Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture - Children's parade 10/15
Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, Takaoka Castle Park - Manyo Festival (complete recitation involving 2200 people reciting all 4516 poems of the Manyo poem (including Jonathan Perry) 10/03
Tokyo (Chiyoda) - Yasukuni Jinga Shrine (dancers & musicians) 10/19

Exhibitions

Hiroshima - New Acquisitions 10/10
Hiroshima - Surviving Buildings 10/10
Kyoto - "Art for Creating Peace," Kyoto University of Art & Design 10/09
Kyoto - "Peace Museums Worldwide" by Kazuyo Kumane, Kyoto Museum for World Peace 10/07

Castles & Palaces

Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture - Fukuyama Castle (seen from train) 10/12
Hikone, Shiga Prefecture - Hikone Castle (climbed to top) (with Yume-Kyobashi shopping street) 10/05
Kanazawa - Kanazawa Castle (seen from bus) 10/04
Kyoto - Kyoto Gosho (Imperial Palace), Imperial Park 10/08
Kyoto - Sento Gosho (Retired Emperor's Palace), Imperial Park 10/08
Kyoto - Kyoto State Guest House, Imperial Park 10/08
Osaka - Osaka Castle (seen on foot from castle moat) 10/13

Parks

Hiroshima - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 10/10 & 10/11
Kawasaki, Kosugi Area - Nakahara Peace Park (1982) 10/16
Kyoto - Imperial Park 10/08
Osaka - Osaka Castle Park 10/13
Osaka (Tennoji) - Tennoji Park 10/12
Takaoka - Takaoka Kojo Park 10/03
Tokyo (Koutou-ku) - Yumenoshima Park 10/17
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Shinjuku-Chuo Park (Shinjuku Central Park) 10/19
Tokyo (Ueno) - Ueno Park 10/17

Buildings & Institutions

Kanazawa - JR Railroad Station with huge glass facade
Kyoto - Ritsumeikan University (Kinugasa Campus)
Kyoto - Kyoto University of Art & Design
Nikko - JR Railroad Station by Frank Lloyd Wright
Osaka - OAP Plaza & Imperial Hotel (OAP = Osaka Amenity Park)
Osaka - Osaka Prefectural Building (fail find Bell of the Hours)
Osaka - Umeda Sky Building (from train)
Osaka (Tennoji), Shinsekai District - Tsutenkaku/Hatachi Tower (ride to 5th floor Biliken observtion deck)
Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture - Toretore Ichiba (fish market)
Tokyo (Ikebukuro) - Japanese Crafts Display Hall
Tokyo (Ikebukuro) - Tobu Department Store
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Isetan Department Store
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Kinokuniya Book Store
Tokyo (Shinjuku) - Tokyo Municipal Building (ride to 45th floor observation deck)

Media Obtained

"Benefits of Peace," DVD - From Kate Dewes, Christchurch, New Zealand
"Peace Bell, Ring for Word Unity," DVD - from World Peace Bell Association, Toyko, Japan
"Stand Up for Peace" & "Towers of Light," DVD - From Russell Daisey & Judy Karsanky, New York?

Individuals (Japanese at conference)

Anzai, Prof Ikuro - Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Kyoto, Japan
Hanaoka, Shigeru - Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture (friendly in Kyoto)
Ikeda, Rosa - Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Kyoto, Japan (ran conference)
Fujita, Prof Hedeo, Lucky Dragon, Tokyo (failed give advice in Kyoto)
Katsura, Ryotaro - Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Kyoto, Japan
Keito, Tei - Guide, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima, Japan
Momooitio, Iratxe - Gernika Peace Museum, Gernika, Spain
Nagano, Hiroshi - The Musum Wadatsuminokoe (old man at Arts Univ.)
Norimatsu, Satoko - Peace Philosophy Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Okita, Natsuki - Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima, Japan (visited Knoxville & Oak Ridge, 13Jan08)
Teramoto, Takashi- Hibakusha, Hiroshima, Japan (visited Knoxville & Oak Ridge, 13Jan08)
Yamane, Dr Kazuyo - Kochi University, Kochi City, Japan
Yoshida, Dr Takashi - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Individuals (Japanese elsewhere)

Furukwa, Toyomi - Bell shop, Takaoka, Japan (first of two sales ladies)
Iwasawa, Ikkou - Iwasawa no Bonsho Co., Ltd., Kyoto, Japan (+wife & daughter)
Kasuga, Mayumi - City Information Office, Nagano, Japan (phoned Takaoka)
Kazuya, Yasuda - Curator, Diago Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Kikuchi, Takashi - Researcher, Kawasaki Peace Museum, Kawasaki, Japan
Minoru, Nishikawa - Oigo Bell Works, Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture 10/03
Motoko, Todo - Mi-Kumano, Tanabe, Wakahama Prefecture, Japan (our guide on Kii Peninsula)
Randori, Koin - Peace Museum of Saitama (helped get taxi)
Yoshida, Tomijiro - President, World Peace Bell Association, Tokyo (Nishi Ikebukuro), Japan
Yoshino, Shigeki & Ritzko, Shirahama, Wakahama Prefecture (works for ____ newspaper)

Individuals (American)

Aspel, Joyce A- New York University (NYU), New York, NY (& husband David)
Daisey, Russell - Tower of Light Song (& Dr Judy Kuriansky)
Escalera, Nitza Milacros - Fordham University School of Law, New York (Brooklyn) , NY
Flores, Dr Thomas V - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Josten, Katherine - Global Art Project for Peace, Tucson, AZ
Leeper, Steve - Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan (visited Knoxville & Oak Ridge, 13Jan08)
Obermeyer, Julie - The Peace Museum, Bradford, England
SuZen - Universal Peace Day Initiative, New York, NY
Tamashiro, Roy - Webster University, Webster Groves, MO
Uppuluri, Shigeko - Oak Ridge, TN
Shaw, Bill - Dayton International Peace Museum, Sidney, OH (& Russian wife)
Verner, Tom - Magicians Without Borders, Lincoln, VT (& Janet Fredericks)
Wolff, Patrick M - Inafa Maolek, Haganta, Guam

Individuals (Other Nationalities)

Barrett, Rev Dr Clive - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England
Cadena, Jaime - Guadalajara, Mexico (& Ricardo) (met on train to Nikko)
Dewes, Dr Kate - The Peace Foundation, Christchurch, New Zealand
Do, Phan Van - Madison Quakers, Hanoi, Vietnam
Han, Dr Hong-Koo - Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, Korea
Hanak, Jaromir - Muzeum Brnenska (Cairn of Peace), Czech Republic
Ionesov, Anatoly - International Museum of Peace & Solidarity, Uzbekistan
Ishaq, Sajid - Intrfaith League Against Poverty (ILAP), Islamabad, Pakistan
Kim, Yeong Hwari - Seoul, Korea
Kurvey, Dr Balkrishna - No More Hiroshima/No More Nagasaki, Nagpur, India
Lossbroek, Gerard - Bergeijk, Netherlands (at dinner 10/11)
Lyras, Dr Alexis - University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (& Eleni Kotziamani)
Mayou, Roger - International Red Cross Museum, Switzerland
Montes, Marcela - London, England (widow of Fernando Montes)
Nias, Peter - Director, The Peace Museum, Bradford, England
Ortiz Orozco, Olga - Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico (met on train to Nikko)
Perry, Jonathan - Takaoka, Japan (helped us find Oigo Bell Works)
Schlichtmann, Dr Klaus - "Peace Historian," Hidaka City, Saitama-ken, Japan
Somers, Erik - Netherlands Institute for War Documenttion, The Hague?, Netherlands
Xiao Hui, Tang - Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Beijing, China
Van den Dungen, Dr Peter - University of Bradford, Bradford, England (visited Knoxville & Oak Ridge, 24Sep 07)
Vu, Dr Nguyn Dang - Quang Ngai City, Vietnam