Ernest Celaya, a Fredericksburg resident, and his grandson Ethan Mendoza, a student at Communication Arts High School in San Antonio, recently took a nine-day trip to Japan with Education First Tours. This photo was taken as they prepared to board a bullet train from Hakone to Osaka, Japan. The trip was March 7-15. Readers are invited to “Take Us Along” and share their travel adventures with a copy of the paper and send a photo to fbgnews@fredericksburgstandard. com. — Submitted photo