Nice photos-what is your hometown? - Mark Forman

Thanks, Mark Forman & Mark Trapp!!! My hometown is a tiny island floating southwestern part of Japan :) - Kenichi Matsumoto

Nice :) - Shey, Jamaican of FF

Thanks, Shey! What's more, I enjoy using posterous. You just attach some pics and send 'em via e-mail to create this slide show. Done! - Kenichi Matsumoto

Great pictures and you share my wife's maiden name, which automatically makes you cool - or possibly and in-law. - Vince DeGeorge

Hi, Vince. I'm Matsumoto and I'm proud :) A few hours ago I just came across another Matsumoto which, I guess, is somewhere in Hawaii! Also a nice shot. http://luissala.posterous.com/matsumo... - Kenichi Matsumoto

Of course, there is always Matsumoto Kyoshi as well - http://www.matsukiyo.co.jp/ Being an American, ANY Japanese last name is "unique" to me, so whenever I ask my wife if she's related to [random name] Matsumoto, she just rolls her eyes at me. - Vince DeGeorge

Ahh just checked the kanji-Root of the pine-nice. My office close to bamboo pine road - Mark Forman

One of my life's dreams is to visit Japan... - Chrimmus Tad

nice photos. that looks really peaceful - Cee Bee

Thanks Tad, Cee Bee! I love being this shrine where I played all day long in my childhood. And I'm looking forward to coming back to my hometown in August! ( we call it "Obon" in Japanese ) Here's another pic of my own. http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Kenichi Matsumoto

Matsumoto Kiyoshi is famous in US too ? wow! :-O - browneyes

There might always be Matsumoto Kenichi anywhere on the web, hopefully :) - Kenichi Matsumoto

browneyes - I used to live in Japan, so I wouldn't say that it's famous in the US, though my wife would be extremely happy if there was one in Louisville. - Vince DeGeorge