{"id":3698,"date":"2018-05-25T22:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/?p=3698"},"modified":"2018-05-30T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T06:50:31","slug":"tohoku-vision-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/25\/tohoku-vision-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Tohoku Vision Trip Day 1 Post 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the drive up to Tohoku it has become a tradition to stop at the very first rest stop on the Tohoku expressway and take a team photo in front of the beautiful flowers laid out there especially for such occasions. \u00a0A kind Japanese man took this photo for us so these are all the members of our team.<\/p>\n

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Another tradition we have always faithfully observed on these trips is to purchase a cup of coffee from the Excelsior coffee shop, especially to enable the driver to stay focused on the road. \u00a0 Laura and I took advantage of the extra big cups to keep us going. \u00a0Laura is the official videographer for our final vision trip to Tohoku.<\/p>\n

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Of course, wherever I go I am looking for beautiful flowers. \u00a0Today I found this Iris in the city of Ayashi. \u00a0In Japanese Ayashi is written using two Kanjis and looks like this. \u611b\u5b50 The first kanji means \u201cLove\u201d and the second one means \u201cChild\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the drive up to Tohoku it has become a tradition to stop at the very first rest stop on the Tohoku expressway and take a team photo in front of the beautiful flowers laid out there especially for such occasions. \u00a0A kind Japanese man took this photo for us so these are all the … Continue reading “Tohoku Vision Trip Day 1 Post 1”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nRea-XE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3715,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/25\/tohoku-vision-trip-day-1-post-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3698,"position":0},"title":"Tohoku Vision Trip Day 1 Post 2","date":"May 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Ayashi station. \u00a0From here it is\u00a0a twenty minute trainride into central Sendai, the biggest city in the Tohoku area. \u00a0We had a beautiful day in which to prayer walk around this city where Gary is feeling they should begin their journey in the Tohoku region. \u00a0Our first impression was a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.somers-harris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1E06AD87-B0BA-46FC-8664-CAD0DB717C40-1024x768.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3758,"url":"http:\/\/www.somers-harris.com\/2018\/05\/29\/tohoku-vision-trip-day-4-post-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3698,"position":1},"title":"Tohoku Vision Trip Day 4 Post 2","date":"May 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"After completing our prayer assignments, we took time to enjoy the beauty of the area. 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