One thing I learned on the cruise to Antarctica (November 2009: seejanesblog.wordpress.com) is that photographers plan their shots ahead of time.  That idea never occurred to me before.  But now I’m writing my own list of shots to shoot whilst in Japan.  Here are some of them I hope to capture: the illusive Mt. Fuji, the illusive geisha, food!, lanterns, tea, awkwardly written signs and misspellings, anything that symbolizes or captures serenity, color!, fabric, nature, the bullet train hopefully depicting speed, people!  …  The list will continue…