Dear Ayala, dear Matan,
our trip with you to Japan was an extra-ordinary experience for me. Not only that I travelled with the group to so many places and saw all these interesting and beautiful sites. What fascinates me most is the Japanese society. And when I now read about it and remember what I saw and what you explained to us (even if I did not understand everything) I am really mesmerized. All fits together, the education, how people behave so disciplined, even the children! the buildings, the gardens, the environment etc. It made me realize how much our societies are in many ways very different. Interesting, that in an “open” world Japan can preserve its own very different world.

So, I am now fascinated about Japan, I can’t stop watching reports and reading about the country; and watching the many photos I made.

I can also not  forget how well you organized our trip – very Japanese! Everything fit together, we did not miss a train, we reached all our places of destination in good time, no stress, no boredom. And what I very much  appreciated: we did not travel in busses like a group of elderly retired people!

I thank you both very much for this experience and perfect introduction to the Japanese world. To learn so much about the country and the society is really mashu mashu!

I send you my best regards from Vienna
Ruth Bachmayer / Explore Japan – March – April 2019