The kindness of local Snipe friends

We met Kuniko Yamada in 1994 at the first Women’s Worlds in Yokohama and a few more times at subsequent Snipe Women’s Worlds. For our 31 year return, her hospitality was unmatched. From traipsing us around hot, sticky Tokyo on our arrival with her sister (previous post) to helping us get Alex back to the airport on Monday, meeting up with Ellie, lodging us overnight and sister Masako cooking dinner and breakfast for us! She also did us the HUGE favor of storing our bags while we traveled to Hakone/Kyoti and even delivered them to our last night hotel. ❤️

I tagged along with Masako to her local massive grocery/department store Aeon because I just love the Japanese supermarkets. Their freshness, selection, and prices put ours to shame!

After dropping Alex at Haneda, Kuniko introduced us to Hama Sushi which was so fun! It’s the type of cheap conveyor belt sushi that you order from a tablet on your table and the plates come whizzing out, complete with video-game sounds.

Before bed, we convinced Kuniko to pull out her Bass Flute. Even Ellie had not seen one before! In a funny coincidence, Kuniko will be on our flight back to the states on her way to a flute convention in Atlanta!Read more