{"id":6855,"date":"2019-08-09T12:21:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T12:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurygoldbdev.wpengine.com\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2024-05-30T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:21:56","slug":"japan-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/japan-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story by James Pera<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No two journeys are the same, or so says Luxury Gold guest James Pera. He shares how his return to Japan 50 years on compares to his original experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

The last time I saw Mt. Fuji, I was flying into Japan for a three-day stopover on my way to Vietnam. I had a window seat and the best view of the mountain, which looked exactly like the pictures, covered in snow and surrounded by blossoms.<\/p>\n

Discover our Luxury Majestic Japan tour<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Daniel Hehn on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

Fast forward 50 years and I was once again reunited with this inspiring country. This time on a guided journey led by our Traveling Concierge, who had all the qualities you\u2019d want in somebody guiding you in a foreign land.<\/p>\n

Our journey saw us traveling on the superefficient bullet trains, exploring the country\u2019s pristine local parks and relaxing in luxurious hotels. But most of all, I cannot applaud our Traveling Concierge enough as she introduced us to her country and its people.<\/p>\n

As a veteran of the Vietnam war and a scholar of World War II, one of the most poignant experiences of my life was visiting the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima and meeting a survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb, something special that Luxury Gold had arranged.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

I listened to this woman, as she told us about her experience \u2013 what she saw, what she lived through, and the victims she knew. Although a world away and a lifetime apart, I felt a real sense of connection with the people, who were just ordinary folks living their everyday lives.<\/p>\n

Age has a way of mellowing you out and allowing you to look at history through a different lens. While Japan impressed me the first time, my older and wiser self found a second visit had a big human impact on me.<\/p>\n

My only wish was that this journey was longer. With so much history and culture, amazing food and mix of both tradition and modernity, I will certainly be returning to Japan soon.<\/p>\n

Related journey: Majestic Japan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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