I always enjoy seeing Japanese visitors here at the Museum because they seem very eager to learn more about Sparky, his art, and the stories that make up the history of the Peanuts Gang. So it was with great pleasure that we greeted the crew of a Japanese nationwide travel special called “California Dreaming.” It is showcasing the new direct flight between Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and San Francisco. I spoke with the host of the show, the lovely Tiara, who told me her parents gave her the English name meaning “crown.”

My answers to her questions will be translated for the program. The crew also took pictures of Japanese artist Yoshiteru Otani’s Morphing Snoopy wood sculpture in the Great Hall, Schulz’s Studio exhibition, and animating with the zoetrope in the Education Room.

The Japanese crew came to the Museum in the afternoon after filming a visit on the Napa Valley Wine Train.

—Jean Schulz