I was reminded that I don't have a name for our current trip.   For example, there was  My Ultimate Global Adventure  or MUGA of 2013, where I flew First Class Around the World in 51 days.   My Ultimate Fantasy Adventure , or MUFA of 2014, was in business class, only in the Orient, and was about a month long.  My Global Around the World Adventure,  or GAWA in 2015, lasted 65 days.  They were all wonderful. So I need an acronym or initialization ( not sure what the difference is ).  Some don't work: JAP for  J apan  A dventure for  P at:  Jap is a nasty perjorative, and I wasn't alone on this trip. OFAL for  O ur  F all  A utumn  L ayover: animal organs don't impart good memories, although, we really did not do much, so the L part makes sense. ACE for  A utumn  C olors  E xtravaganza:  no, we missed the colors on Hokkaido, and much of what we've seen so far has been spotty. On this trip to  J apan we took a cruise, had too much to  d rink and  e at,  s lept a whole

Osaka, which means large hill, has a population of 2.7 million ( was up to 3.1 million in 1965 ) and is the largest component of the Keihanshin ( or Greater Osaka ) Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Japan, and tenth biggest urban area in the world, with 19 million inhabitants.   From the early beginning of the country, Osaka was traditionally considered to be Japan's economic hub, having a major port in the 7th and 8th centuries, and continuing to flourish during the Edo Period (1603-1867), becoming the center for Japanese culture, with Kyoto and Nara in this region.  Our two final stops on this Japan trip are to these two cities. Kyoto was the capital of Japan for more than a millennium, from 794 through 1868. All changed that year when the capital was moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo. Osaka was hit hard by U.S. bombing during World War II, particularly just before the end. Reconstruction stimulated population growth. Osaka hosted the World Expo in 1970, and will again