We don’t see new pictures like this very often… these vacation photos were taken on a trip that Speaker Jesse Unruh (also known as “Big Daddy”) took to Japan.

These photos were included in a collection of items recently donated by the estate of Senator Leroy F. Greene.

Unruh inspects pearl necklaces at an oyster farm.

Big Daddy drives the Bullet Train

Dinnertime!

Senator Greene with Jesse Unruh make riding the light rail seem cool.

Train Ride!

Train Ride Conversations

Big Daddy Hails a Cab

Senator Greene and Speaker Unruh with Japanese schoolchildren

Embracing High-Speed Rail (or at least, leaning against it)