as a Japanese American tourist traveling with two tourists from Tokyo.

When I went running in the pre-dawn mornings with only a few people and cars in the narrow streets.500 miles from Havana (unlike Miami.

and ubiquitous art — all despite crushing poverty that has only gotten worse due to and since the pandemic.Our Japanese travel companion found toilet paper nonexistent in a large deluxe hotel run by the national government.The highlight of the trip for me came at the end when I gave our guide a DVD of my film about attorney Wayne Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center (One Fighting Irishman).

also gave us a taste of the countrys turbulent history.not the least of which were instigated by American intervention.

we were told that there was virtually little or no crime.

Since Americans are not allowed to stay in any government-run hotel.and she has been using this technique.

Her mother was a second-generation doll-maker.A total of 14 of her dolls will be on display as well as the tools she uses to create them and information and photographs illustrating her unique technique.

Though she is a third-generation doll maker from Tokyo.Recognizing the situations human urgency and the increasing toll on the affected communities.