Kumi's Visit to San Diego February, 2000

We were honored by a visit from our friend Kumi, from Osaka the first two weeks of February.
You can link to our Japan trip web page to see us with her in Osaka and Kyoto.
We had a wonderful time together and thought you would enjoy these pictures.
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We went to the car show the first day.
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Dinner at Beni Hana
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We met our friends Alan and Lynn for 
lunch at Mr. Sushi  the next day.
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And then visited the San Diego 
Wild Animal Park.
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Wild Animal Park
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Wild Animal Park
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Kumi learned how to do E-Mail.
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This is caterpillar roll at Kan Pai Restaurant.
(No bugs in caterpillar roll)
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Gan San from Kan Pai
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Sandy and Kumi waiting to board.
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On the Harbor Excursion boat.

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Aircraft Carrier 
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Off to the zoo to see the baby panda.
After a long wait, we saw her
asleep in a tree.
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The media covered the first day 
Hua Mei, our baby panda, was on display.
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We went to the San Diego Symphony.
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Dinner at the Fish Merchant
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We drove over the San Diego Coronado bridge and walked around the famous 
Hotel Del Coronado.
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Coronado Surf
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We sadly took Kumi to the airport for
her long flight back to Osaka.  This was 
taken at Los Angeles International 
Airport (LAX)

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This was downloaded from the 
San Diego Zoo page.  We played 
around with computer images and 
made the picture on the right by 
combining one of Kumi with a zoo 
picture of Hua Mei.
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Photoshop fun

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We snapped this PGA picture from the news and then put Pat and Kumi behind the rope.




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