Minneapolis/St Paul
17 октября 2025 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Step one, complete.
Downtown Tokyo, Night 1
18 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
So, this is Tokyo, as quiet as advertised. Quiet people on streets, quiet electric and hybrid cars.
It’s almost 10pm, we took a nap, time to snack and go back to bed to fall into this time zone.Читать далее
Skinkansen time
19 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Time to head to Kobe!
Look who we ran into!
19 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Kobe Convention Arrival!
19 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Pics from our room on the 28th floor included. What a beautiful place! Huge hotel, it will be hard to get in and out of here without having 20 conversations, should be fun.
Day 2. The sun rises on Kobe
20 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Awaji island, leaving port for whirlpool
20 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
ПутешественникBeautiful scenery! That little boat racing through at the end of the video was funny! 😁
ПутешественникOh that whirlpool is amazing! I’m sure you have to be there to get the experience first hand.
ПутешественникYeah, pics don’t do it justice. The huge ship we were on, when we’d get close, it would just suck it down on one side, the ship was over 120 feet long, massive, and it just sucked it up. The brothers shared with us that there are similar whirlpools near Italy and likely it was one of the seagoing dangers Paul referred to.
Akashi Kaikyo bridge, and Kobe in the ba
20 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
2nd longest suspension bridge in the world apparently
ПутешественникHow long is it? I guess I can Google it, but didn’t know if you knew off the top of your head. 😁
Путешественник1.24 miles I believe is the length of just the central span.
Himeji Castle
21 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Built in 1333, it’s still the original structure
ПутешественникBeautiful!!! I see the both of you are in short sleeves and everyone else are in light jackets. Do they know something you don’t about the weather?!?😁😂😁😂
ПутешественникWe had the last laugh. Climbing that thing, everyone was sweating like crazy. The steps were basically straight up, and it was crowded in there. I couldn’t have been more comfortable. There was a chance of rain. Today it’s actually raining
Hyogo Assembly Hall- Lunch and Japanese
21 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This is awesome. Amazing food, delicious sake, best life ever kind of situation
ПутешественникWow!! So much love and happiness! Only Jehovah’s people! Those signs the two Brothers are holding, “I love you more than sushi” and “I love you more than Kobe beef,” are great! 😁
ПутешественникThe ramen, best I’ve ever had. The skewers were amazing, the mochi quite tasty. The sake has been eye opening. Clearly I’ve never had good sake in America, it’s so refreshing, sweet, no negative burn on the finish. Just oyyshi
Field Service Day! This is half the room
22 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
From the backseat of our daihatsu. We are in a car group with Hyodi and Anri.
ПутешественникJust splendid 🌻 Can’t wait to hear how it goes! I like the little panda bear hanging out in the car. The small car 🚙😊
ПутешественникRyan, aren’t you glad you didn’t have to organize that group?!
Field Service with the Oshibedani congre
22 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
What a day!
ПутешественникIn fairness, we stayed with our Wednesday field service schedule😂
Japan is better in a lot of ways
22 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
All over Japan people ride bikes. They get to their destination, and they just leave em outside. No bike locks, nothing. Not one ever gets stolen…….
Kobe Chinatown
22 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Kobe Nonobiki Ropeway and Herb Gardens
23 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Путешественник
These are some well-kept gardens. Beautiful. What are they making in the still? 🫖
ПутешественникGotcha. I was wondering if it might be a new way to make tea.
Hokodo Coffee
23 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Oldest coffee shop in Japan. Opened in 1878
ПутешественникOf course. This place is why Japan coffee is the way it is, almost always dark roast
Kobe Evening Gathering
23 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
ПутешественникFrom what Kelly is holding, it looks like our brothers are generous with their gifts. 🙂
ПутешественникYeah, I think we already have more than we brought space wise, and we haven’t even gotten to the convention yet‼️
Pure Worship Convention Kobe Friday
24 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
22591 in attendance today. Brother Schafer and Mark Sanderson are our guest speakers
Pure Worship Kobe Day 2! We’re Family!
25 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
A couple of exciting highlights from today: the girl being interviewed is Marin. Her sister and mother were two of the people who took us out in service. We befriended them and Marin. Incidentally,Читать далее
A new Jehovah’s Witness!
25 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
Shijiono got baptized today, age 78!!
Laughing in the rain
25 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Our exit was hampered by heavy rain
ПутешественникSo, I couldn’t really shoot an earlier video cause it was hundreds of us packed tight trying to stay out of the rain. Each time someone’s bus would get called, everyone would cheer and chant the bus number. So our bus number was 811, that was the chant you were hearing. We were one of the last
Pure Worship Convention Kobe Day 3 🥲
26 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
So, tears had to happen. Indescribable day
ПутешественникSo far, but gonna rain a lot in the middle of the day. Pretty humid and it’s packed today, so a lot of human heat
Kobe Harborland
27 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
ПутешественникWhat are those unusual buildings especially what is that red sphere looking structure? I remember seeing a brother holding a replica in one of your previous pictures
ПутешественникThat’s the Kobe tower. When Japan reopened to the world, Kobe was the center of it. They built that as a recognizable entry piece at the harbor for visitors and especially merchants as they would arrive to trade. Today it’s a neat thing to go up in, it has lots of neat features.
Mt. Rokko and Arima Onsen
27 октября 2025 г., Япония ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
3,056 foot view overlooking Kobe an Osaka. Arima Onsen is famous for its onsens. It has two types of Onsen water in town. One clear, one like this one. This is a free foot bath area on the street, andЧитать далее
ПутешественникOh cool!!! I’ve heard about the hot springs experience. There is a lot of them in Japan I understand.
