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Departure from Dulles

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In March 2005 the McLean Youth Orchestra traveled to Japan to play a joint concert with the Chiba Youth Orchestra. The group stayed in Chiba, visited Tokyo, rode the Shinkansen to Kyoto and toured Kyoto. I was along as a parent/chaperone and found much to enjoy and experience in Japan. The students stayed with Japanese host families while the adults stayed in a hotel in Chiba. We all experienced a ryokan in Kyoto.
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Departure from Dulles

March 18, 2005
Assembling at Dulles

The MYO group gathered at Dulles International Airport at 9:00 a.m. on Friday morning. The high-school age students were happy to have an extra day before Spring Break and excited about the trip. There was ample time to clear security and for Starbucks before departure at 11:22 a.m..

 

Washington, D.C. (Dulles)-Tokyo (Narita)

All-Nippon Airways NH1 (B777-200)

 

The westbound flight was entirely in daylight. We had clear views of Canada and then Alaska below. It looked cold down there, still locked in Winter. ANA provided full meal service. Lunch: Korean barbequed chicken. Snack: Cup Noodles. Dinner: Seafood pasta. During the flight I watched the contemporary Japanese film “Year One in the North.” (The story of a Samurai clan forced to disband and migrate north to the Hokkaido frontier in the 1870s. Starred Ken Watanabe.) It was a good film to set the mood for our trip.

Assembling at Dulles
Assembling at Dulles
Over Alaska
Over Alaska
Aerial of Alaska
Aerial of Alaska
22,628 km (14,060 miles) traveled
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