On May 30, 2001 (my birthday!), I left for my first visit to Japan. (Actually, we left on the 29th, but then we crossed the date line.) http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290001/15980738_SGSS5-Ti.jpg http://cosleia.smugmug.com/gallery/148831_Ts4Re/ 2005-02-15T19:07:23Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />Packing for the trip. As I recall, I used a smaller suitcase than that, once I realized I couldn't lift it over my head. I still brought too much stuff, though.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980738_SGSS5" title="Packing for the trip. As I recall, I used a smaller suitcase than that, once I realized I couldn't lift it over my head. I still brought too much stuff, though."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290001/15980738_SGSS5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Packing for the trip. As I recall, I used a smaller suitcase than that, once I realized I couldn't lift it over my head. I still brought too much stuff, though." title="Packing for the trip. As I recall, I used a smaller suitcase than that, once I realized I couldn't lift it over my head. I still brought too much stuff, though." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:31:35Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290001/15980738_SGSS5-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 04:04:37 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />The camera's flash blinds James.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980741_f5Bom" title="The camera's flash blinds James."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290004/15980741_f5Bom-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The camera's flash blinds James." title="The camera's flash blinds James." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:35:11Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290004/15980741_f5Bom-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:50:39 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />I was really fascinated by the time zone information in Japanese.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980742_caU7M" title="I was really fascinated by the time zone information in Japanese."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290008/15980742_caU7M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I was really fascinated by the time zone information in Japanese." title="I was really fascinated by the time zone information in Japanese." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:55:56Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290008/15980742_caU7M-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:53:57 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />It's always nice to know where you're going.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980744_GVkyo" title="It's always nice to know where you're going."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290009/15980744_GVkyo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="It's always nice to know where you're going." title="It's always nice to know where you're going." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:23:38Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290009/15980744_GVkyo-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:54:05 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />A close-in view of the map.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980746_edfox" title="A close-in view of the map."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290010/15980746_edfox-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A close-in view of the map." title="A close-in view of the map." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:23:02Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290010/15980746_edfox-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:54:22 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />This was the view of below the plane. Later it showed the ocean.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980748_6ENTX" title="This was the view of below the plane. Later it showed the ocean."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290011/15980748_6ENTX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This was the view of below the plane. Later it showed the ocean." title="This was the view of below the plane. Later it showed the ocean." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:26:59Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290011/15980748_6ENTX-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:54:36 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />James fears for his eyesight while Justin looks on.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980749_VYFMq" title="James fears for his eyesight while Justin looks on."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290012/15980749_VYFMq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="James fears for his eyesight while Justin looks on." title="James fears for his eyesight while Justin looks on." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:53:30Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290012/15980749_VYFMq-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:54:47 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />Brandon, Jason, Justin, James.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980753_vk6fB" title="Brandon, Jason, Justin, James."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290013/15980753_vk6fB-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Brandon, Jason, Justin, James." title="Brandon, Jason, Justin, James." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:54:38Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290013/15980753_vk6fB-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:55:01 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />It was so bright outside the plane that the wing details were hard to capture.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980756_AVVf8" title="It was so bright outside the plane that the wing details were hard to capture."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290014/15980756_AVVf8-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="It was so bright outside the plane that the wing details were hard to capture." title="It was so bright outside the plane that the wing details were hard to capture." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T13:21:37Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290014/15980756_AVVf8-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 19:55:29 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980757_h2o4s" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290015/15980757_h2o4s-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:27:08Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290015/15980757_h2o4s-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 20:35:49 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980759_33gQs" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290016/15980759_33gQs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:55:25Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290016/15980759_33gQs-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 20:36:13 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />Trip info in the English system.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980762_ryFD7" title="Trip info in the English system."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290017/15980762_ryFD7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Trip info in the English system." title="Trip info in the English system." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:26:12Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290017/15980762_ryFD7-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 20:40:22 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />And, just to be fair, the Metric system.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980765_fP8rF" title="And, just to be fair, the Metric system."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290018/15980765_fP8rF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="And, just to be fair, the Metric system." title="And, just to be fair, the Metric system." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:47:55Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290018/15980765_fP8rF-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 20:40:31 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />Now you can see some ocean below the plane.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980767_ZvGss" title="Now you can see some ocean below the plane."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290019/15980767_ZvGss-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Now you can see some ocean below the plane." title="Now you can see some ocean below the plane." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T13:14:19Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290019/15980767_ZvGss-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 23:40:53 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980769_MyfDB" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290020/15980769_MyfDB-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T06:57:16Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290020/15980769_MyfDB-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 23:41:22 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980770_xGpAs" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290021/15980770_xGpAs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T13:16:13Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290021/15980770_xGpAs-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 23:41:40 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980772_jqz3a" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290022/15980772_jqz3a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:27:37Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290022/15980772_jqz3a-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 23:43:58 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a> </p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980775_CiDms" title="Heather Meadows' photo"><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290023/15980775_CiDms-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heather Meadows' photo" title="Heather Meadows' photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-04T10:25:18Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5290023/15980775_CiDms-Th.jpg 2001-05-29 23:45:15 <p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com">Heather Meadows</a><br />We made it! Inoue-sensei, James, Todd, Justin, Jason, and Brandon.</p><p><a href="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/148831_Ts4Re#15980777_CzTtt" title="We made it! Inoue-sensei, James, Todd, Justin, Jason, and Brandon."><img src="http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5300024/15980777_CzTtt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We made it! Inoue-sensei, James, Todd, Justin, Jason, and Brandon." title="We made it! Inoue-sensei, James, Todd, Justin, Jason, and Brandon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T13:17:50Z Heather Meadows http://cosleia.smugmug.com http://cosleia.smugmug.com/Travel/Japan-Summer-2001/Flight-530/P5300024/15980777_CzTtt-Th.jpg 2001-05-30 04:01:30