John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > the trip's called the "Rain Kudari".
>
> That's not rain as in water falling from the sky, but a transcription
into
> the Roman alphabet of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word
"line".
> I guess it would have been clearer if I'd said "Line Kudari".

The company that ran the "Rhine Kudari" has gone bankrupt. The business
might be picked up by the company running (one of) the cormorant
fishing related businesses in Inuyama, but this is unconfirmed (as of
January - I haven't checked since then).