Welcome back to Japan

I have returned after one year and have decided this blog needs some love. Arrived in Narita last night and am getting ready to head north to Sapporo this evening. The only things I managed to leave behind in Boston were Mark and Skylar. They have been promised that, next time, "they come too." Will chronicle here the adventures from the next twelve days between Tokyo, Sapporo, and dear old Kyoto. Stay tuned.