Three weeks in the land of the rising sun

Althou­gh we had been to Japan a few times befo­re, this trip was tru­ly excep­ti­o­nal – in terms of the num­ber of par­ti­ci­pants, our aiki­do tra­i­ning, and eve­ry­thing we experienced.
We spent the first week in Tokyo, practi­cing at Hom­bu Dojo, atten­ding offi­cial and fri­en­dly mee­tings with Japa­ne­se tea­chers and fri­ends… The­re were nine of us from Aiki­do Pra­ha Vino­hra­dy and twel­ve other peo­ple from other clubs of the Czech Aiki­do Fede­rati­on, so we attrac­ted qui­te a lot of atten­ti­on from the locals during our tra­i­ning sessions.
Then we split into dif­fe­rent groups and tra­ve­led around Japan. Some of us were inte­res­ted in sight­se­e­ing, some went on fami­ly trips, others went on road trips throu­gh nati­o­nal parks or hiking trips along pil­gri­mage rou­tes. It was a won­der­ful time in a beau­ti­ful coun­t­ry with gre­at peo­ple and good food. Thank you, Japan!