Rock and Roll

As we strolled through the oldest, most famous Shinto shrine in Takayama, I commented on how peaceful it was. Tor’s response: “It needs a little rock and roll.”

It was a moment of teen humor... enjoyed by all.

Tor has been really great: curious about things we're seeing, friendly and respectful to Koji and Nobuko, engaged in navigating around the places we visit, and (for the most part) not complaining (!!) an amazing feat for a teenager. He's also reading "Shogun" by James Clavell -- on my Kindle. He keeps reporting on what percentage of the book he has finished, since that's how the Kindle tells you where you are (there are no page numbers!). At this point he's at 30%--after just 3 days or so.