How to Distract Samurai Guarding a Castle

A few weeks ago, Yumi demonstrated how to distract the samurai at a castle wall in Japan while the ninja climb over. . .

yumi castle wall samurai ninja
Yumi is an amazingly good sport. Not to mention an amazingly good travel organizer.

My Favorite Shot From April Japan Trip

Wedding Ritsurin Garden Takamatsu Japan
One of my fave photos from Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu. It was almost like they set up the shot for me .

A newly married couple posing for photos, and tourists in a poled boat passing in front.

I saw the composition shaping up from a distance, and took off running toward them to get the angle. Crazy foreigners :-).

We had the historic town of Uchiko on Shikoku Island in Japan nearly to ourselves in mid-April — love traveling in low season!

There is also a lovely restored kabuki theater in this town, but that’ll wait for another post.

Uchiko Shikoku Japan
Now that’s a lovely mail box