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I would make sales calls with Noda about every other month. Slowly my relationships improved with the customers and soon we were doing business. Noda and I became very good friends with Mitsubishi engineers and purchasing people. They made us a 100 percent supplier for some key products. We would go on trips in Japan with some of the Mitsubishi people just for fun because we enjoyed each others' company. We would go to visit old castles or hot springs on short holiday trips. One of my customers named Mr. Kamata lived and worked in Kyoto. He was a descendant of a Samurai family and was very well off. It seemed that everyone in Kyoto knew him as everywhere we would go many people would bow deeply to him. Mr. Noda told me he is well known in Kyoto because his family use to be one of the ruling Samurai in Kyoto and they owned a lot of property including the Mitsubishi factory. In ancient times only Samurai could own property. I noticed that Noda called him Kamata - sama instead of Kamata -san. I ask Noda why do you and others call him sama. Noda told me that since he is from a famous family in Kyoto most people call him Kamata -sama which is a much more honorific than using the common word san. Sama is not a commonly used word. His family sold the property to Mitsubishi and made millions on the deal. I went golfing with Kamata at a private club, whose annual dues where $20,000 per year. This is one of several clubs he belonged too. Kamata had this air about him. Just the way he walked and acted you knew he was someone of importance. I would call it an arrogant demeanor or appearance. Kamata was the same height as me which is taller than most Japanese men and was in pretty good shape. You could not tell if he liked you or not. Kamata was a true Japanese who did not speak any English when I first meant him and never had any business dealings with any Americans. As far as he was concerned Japan was the only country in the world. After knowing him about three years he attempted to learn some basic English. I knew more Japanese than he did English so he just wanted to prove to me he could speak my language. We would laugh at his crude English and my poor Japanese while helping each other learn the languages. Over time we became good friends who enjoyed the same things, like Japanese history and sightseeing. He was impressed that I knew so much about Japanese history. Once Kamata ask me to buy him a camera in the States which could not purchased in Japan. His hobby was photography. I agreed and purchased the camera on my return to the US and sent it to him by UPS. This camera was $5,000 which was a lot of money so I decided this would be a gift. I never asked him for the money and he never offered to pay me for it. This made a bond between us which I am sure helped our relationship. I was selling over a million dollars a year to his company. I thought it was best not to ask him for the money because he would always pay for the little trips we took on the weekends sightseeing together. Mr. Kamata had a favorite spot called Takeda Castle ruins near the city of Wadayama. This Castle was built around 1400 A.D. Since Kamata knew I liked history he showed me these ruins along with Mr. Nankanishi and Mr. Noda. This was very interesting as it was on top of a mountain and the view was very commanding. The only access to the top was by single lane winding dirt road. No one ever came up to the top to see the ruins. That was true back in 1984 but now days it has become a big tourist attraction. It is called the Machu Pichu of Japan. Bus loads of people go there every week, after it was featured in a famous Japanese history movie. Kamata told me that Takeda Castle was built by Ohtagaki Mitsukage a lord of the area in 1414. Ohtagaki a samurai and military commander for the Yamana clan was the lord of the castle. The castle was conquered by Hideyoshi in 1577. The last lord of the castle was Akamatsu Hirohide who supported Tokugawa at the famous battle of Sekigahara. Later that year he committed seppuku and Takeda Castle was abandoned after his death. All that is left is a few walls and the foundation which shows the amazing stone work which was all done by hand. We also went to Kinosake Spa in Kinosake City. This small city is like Japan was in the 18th century time period. No cars are allowed on the street and you need dress like people did in the 1800's. One problem was this city and spa did not permit Gaijin or Foreigners. There where no signs advising no Gaijins but if you tried to obtain a room at one of the inns they would say they were fully booked. Kinosake City was famous for the natural hot water mineral springs. The city has a main cobble stone street which cars cannot drive on and it is lined with many willow trees on each side of the road. Running down the middle of the road was a small stream which had old stone bridges which one could use to cross from one side of the street to the other. We stayed at one of the many ryokans or Japanese style inns. It was for Japanese only so Mr. Kamata took care of that problem and he told them I was his relative. Nothing was said after that. It was a hoot walking down the cobble stone streets in those wooden sandals that have two blocks of wood on the bottom. They took a little getting use too as they would throw you off balance. I got a lot of looks from the other people. The clothes we wore were a kind of typical Japanese robe with just your underwear underneath. Before eating dinner they took me to the spa. In the spa everyone was naked. Men went in one side and women in another side of the main mineral spa and they were separated by a wall, but you could see each other threw a small glass windows. Since I was the only foreign person there the Japanese women were starring at me. I tried not to look at the women to closely or I might have a problem. Kamata and Noda were laughing and telling me the women all want you. Japanese men usually have no chest hair and since I do this was another focal point the women looked at. It is the practice to shower and clean your body before going into the mineral spa with other people. There are three pools of water, one hot, one warm, and one cold water pool. So you go in order hot, to warm, to cold and then shower again and go to the main mineral spa outside. The mineral spa was a natural hot spring and was quite warm. People just sit around, talk and soak in the mineral water which is supposed to be good for your health. I did not like the idea of sitting around naked in a spa with a bunch of guys even if this is normal Japanese practice. I was happy when we left for dinner. After the spa we went to eat dinner. We had live sashimi fish with the fillet sides cut into bit size pieces. Using your chop sticks or hashi you ate it alive. The fish was still moving its mouth while you ate it. It doesn't get any fresher than this. In Japan they take great care in serving clean fresh food that not only tastes great but looks great. The ryokan inn room at Kinosake spa was very sparse and there were no chairs or bed just a tatami mat on the floor to sleep on. There was table to place food or drink while sitting on the floor next to it. The feather filled tatami mat was very comfortable to sleep on. We said good night and I went into my room. No sooner had I closed the door and there was a knock. Kamata or someone sent a lady to my room with a small jug of sake. I refused her entry but took the sake from her hand. The next morning I awoke late after a great night's sleep on the hard floor. I asked Kamata who sent the lady to my room with the sake? He told me he did not know. Maybe it was Noda? Later that day we went to an old silver mine that was owned by Mitsubishi Company. I did not know they had silver mines in Japan. This mine was very old fashion and all the work was done by manual labor. It was not in operation since the silver had all been depleted. Mr. Noda and Mr. Kamata took me to a small place for dinner which was on a back street in Kyoto. It was a Geisha house. Kyoto is very famous for geisha houses or okiya. The samurai warrior maybe dead and does not exist anymore but the geisha does. Kyoto is very famous for geisha and maiko girls. Geisha means performing artist and maiko means dancing girl. Maiko girls are training to become geisha. They start training to be geisha at around 12 years old. Maiko girls make money by playing instruments such as the flute (shakuhachi) and what looks like a small guitar the shamisen. They wear the white face makeup and clothes like a geisha. They serve your drinks and cook some of the food right in front of you, on a hibachi. She also does old fashion type Japanese dances and songs. This type of dinner is very expensive and it is a once in a life time experience. The maiko girl that served us that night was sixteen years old and it was the first time she had performed in front of guests, which was part of her training to become a geisha. She played two old types of Japanese instruments and sang some songs. After her performance she came and sat down and served us sake while carrying on a conversation. Her tutor, who was an older lady, was also present in the room to make sure she did not make any mistakes and to grade her training. She also performed the ancient Japanese Green Tea Ceremony. This is a very complicated and lengthy ceremony. I could write a whole chapter about the Tea Ceremony and its history. Going to a Tea Ceremony is an absolute must for everyone to enjoy, when you visit to Japan and It can be arranged at your hotel. If you go to Kyoto you can see these maiko and geisha walking on the streets in their full costumes with white face paint. After the maiko girls reach the age of 18 they are ready to become geisha. I don't know what it takes to become a geisha but I was told that when these girls reach the age of 18 or more they are offered to take a test to become geisha. Geisha are not prostitutes but entertainers, however they do have boyfriends or lovers of their choice but never marry or date common customers. It is a strict rule that any type of sexual activities are not permitted at the Geisha house. Some prostitutes do dress up like geisha and are called oiran. It is known that they wear the bow of their sash or obi in the front of the kimono and geisha wear this bow in the back. So this is the secret way to tell who is the real geisha and who is a prostitute. If you are a foreigner or gaijin it is doubtful you will ever be invited to a geisha house. The geisha house is considered to be for Japanese people who understand how important the geisha is in Japan. My travels in Japan took me to Tokyo, Nagoya, Mt. Fuji, Kamakura, Yokohoma, Osaka, Kobe (home of Kobe Beef), Hiroshima (Atomic bomb dropped here in 1945), Izushi, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Kyoto (Ancient Capital of Japan), Mobara, and many other cities. I cannot recall all the little villages and towns. The way to travel across Japan is by bullet train or the Shinkansen. This 160 mph train can take you across Japan in hours and the scenery is wonderful. There are many interesting sights to see in Japan some of which are: Climb Mt. Fuji, rumor is if you climb the mountain you will have good health for the rest of your life. Go on a tour of the Imperial Place in Tokyo. You may get to see the Emperor, but I doubt it. Nagasaki Castle is great and if you are a history nut there are many castles in Japan dating back to 1400. You could spend four weeks just touring castles. See the Golden Pagoda in Kyoto, and tour Kyoto the ancient capital. It is a wonderful old fashion city. Kyoto is the ancient capital of Japan and during world war two it was not bombed by the United States. It was considered to be free of military targets, so because of its beauty and history it was spared. Many of the buildings there are quite old. You can achieve a real feeling of what old Japan was like. Visit Kagoshima City in Kyushu the southernmost island of Japan, as life is a lot slower and a little different here. There is a live volcano that is still belching out smoke all most every day. Nagasaki where the second atomic bomb was dropped is also there. There are three major cities on Kyushu; Nagasaki, Kagoshima and Fukuoka. This island use to be the ruling capital of Japan before Kyoto and it has a long history. Nagasaki was bombed because it was main harbor for the Japanese Imperial Navy. The spring time and late April is an ideal time to visit. This is Cherry Blossom time in Japan and it is very beautiful. I made about 100 trips to Japan in a period of 20 years. My typical trip would be one to two weeks long. Japan is a wonderful country and the people are also wonderful and very polite. You can travel anywhere in Japan and be totally safe. I am ready to go back at any time to the wonderful land of The Rising Sun. My next travel story is Hong Kong and Gold Tooth. American Gaijin, Hong Kong and Gold Tooth Part 11 Reference: Takeda Castle, www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/11-Takeda-Castle |
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