Dr. and Mrs. Hofeditz in Japan, Part 1

My parents came to visit Japan for two weeks and we had quite a time.  From suffering through futons on my floor and no central heating in a still wet and cold March to being dragged behind me on my breakneck travel pace, they put up with a lot.  They also had a great time, and I managed to see some parts of Japan with them that I hadn't yet.

First they spent 5 days in Kanazawa, meeting my friends and seeing a bit of my life here.  When I brought them to school there was almost a riot of kids trying to talk to them and astonished that they existed at all.  I always thought it was weird when I saw my teachers outside of school, and I'm sure it was equally weird for my kids to realize that maybe I wasn't born out of the Gaijin Cloning Box.

Here's a great picture of my dad with some of the boys in the class they observed (right after class all the girls went up to my mom and all the boys went up to my dad, no exceptions).

I'm having some technical difficulties with pictures tonight and it will take quite a bit longer to resolve them, it looks like, so I'll end it there for now. 

Up next--some of Kanazawa in the rain (it is ALWAYS raining here), interesting Kyoto and Nara pictures, an excursion to Hiroshima, and a ninja festival in the middle of nowhere.  Stay tuned!