Dear Joseph and dear Carla, We have since returned from our trip to Japan and it was indeed sublime!
A beautiful country, diverse destinations and experiences, a beautiful culture and above all we were moved by the people, their kindness, obligingness, politeness and perfection.
Everything went smoothly and according to plan, thanks to Carla for taking good care of us during the preparation!
We used the "baggage forwarding" service, as you had recommended, our entire trip and this went fine.
The best experience - to pick one - we had in the ryokan in the Japanese Alps, i.e. in Kiso-Fikoshima.
Despite the 'going back to basics' with sleeping on the tatami, this was really of an unseen level.
Top quality food, a super nice onsen, in short a total experience!
We had a wonderful trip, worth repeating!
Kim and family