Gabriel left this morning for Yokohama, Japan where he’ll be continuing language study at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies. The IUC is located on the fifth floor of the Pacifico Yokohama (left of the sail-like Yokohama Grand Hotel) in the Minato Mirai district. Gabe will be living with my cousin Tomoyo Meiri and her family at their home in the Nishitobecho district west of the IUC by a 25-minute walk. Here’s an interactive map. My mother Akiko was born and raised in Yokohama, about two miles northwest of what you see here. Gabe’s paternal grandparents courted along this waterfront.