Winter 2018 Volume 43 | Issue 1
Heroes abroad No typhoon was going to ruin the Best of Southern Japan Tour. Super Typhoon Lan may have darkened the sunny skies of Okinawa, but the 26 Nikkei Horizons Adventurers were undeterred. Grounded, but not deterred. How did these hardy travelers weather the storm and pass the time? Nikkei Horizons Instructor and Adventurer Dale Kaneko came to the rescue! She led an impromptu iPhone class at the hotel. She covered basics, settings, camera, and must-have apps. Many thanks to the Hyatt Regency Naha for offering their conference
Dale Kaneko taught Nikkei Horizons’ first international i-Phone class!
room for our international workshop. Our adventurers spent their downtime around the hotel, shopping and eating.
Sibs Sara Giswold and Fred Sakura paused at the breathtaking beauty of Takachiho Gorge.
Once the worst of the storm had passed, the Adventurers were raring to go but without tickets to Ishigaki. Nikkei Horizons’ Rie Taki connected with their travel agents and soon-tobe heroes, JTB USA, who made it happen with hard-to-get replacement tickets. Continued on page 6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Golf is beautiful
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Limitless possibilities: the B&B story
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Events 8 Family Album Dig the star-shaped sand!
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