Morning visit to shrine

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Quick update on the day so far! Had breakfast in the hotel with Mimi who some may remember from her many visits to DH (she is due back out in November with another group of health professionals). She is a doctor from Nagoya and is staying in the hotel until we leave to Nagoya on Monday to visit her hospital - 2 hours by bullet train. After breakfast we were told we had a couple of hours until the first visit so we retraced our steps from last night and visited the shrine in the daylight. Beautiful and so peaceful considering it is surrounded by the bustle of the city. A couple of photos should be attached. Walked back through the botanical gardens full of immense cherry and Acer trees (we definitely have come at the wrong time as no cherry blossom and too early for the autumn colours but you could see photos dotted around the park showing what it must be like in the spring) and the biggest butterflies I have seen in the wild . Still very warm and putting on suit to visit hospital - lets hope they have air con!! Best wishes, Wayne and Tricia

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