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Starr is back in Bellport Marina, Ashiya

June 24, 2010
Bellport Marina
Ashiya, Japan
34 42′ 35″N, 135 19′ 05″E

Dear Friends,

We left Bellport Ashiya on April 30, and traveled with the GSSR Group through the Seto Nakai (Inland Sea) to Nagasaki.
We left our GSSR friends in Nagasaki and cruis…

Starr

Yasugi, Matsue and Izumo-taisha

Yasugi-Matsue-Izumo
June 11-12

Yasugi – Adachi Museum and Garden

We left Hagi early Friday morning on a fast trip north, up the coast of the Sea of Japan to Yasugi to visit Adachi Museum and Gardens.  Adachi came highly recommended by our Waik…

Starr

Starr in the Sea of Japn – Hagi

Hagi – 34 26N/131 25E

June 7-13, 2010

Starr in the Sea of Japan

I am home now in Seattle when I write this story and it is very difficult to “enter into” the story of Starr in the Sea of Japan.  It feels like Japan is so far away:  n…

Starr

Otsunahiki in Yobuko

Yobuko, Saga ken, Kyushyu
33 32’ 53”N/ 129 53’32”E
June 5-6, 2010

Otsunahiki – (Translation:  the “Rope Pull”)

We stayed in Yobuko mostly because we loved the intimate feel of the small town and because we made so many friends….