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Well, getting to the hotel in Narita was painful, not because of the trip, but by what happened at the station.  Continue reading “Last post from Japan…”

Sunday morning, getting ready to check out of the Tokyo hotel, on the final leg to the US.  Continue reading “Asakusa, Akihabara, and a couple of boats to Odaiba”

Well, we started the day off in rainy Yokohama, without much plan except to check out of the hotel and kill some time before going to Tokyo to check into the next hotel… Continue reading “Made it to Tokyo!”

Good Thursday morning from cloudy, rainy Yokohama.  Yesterday’s excursion to see Mount Fuji ended up being rained out, but not before we got most of the way there. Continue reading “Mount Fuji? What Mount Fuji?”

Well, today went extremely well, Darrell and I had a good day walking around Matsushima. Continue reading “A good day in Matsushima!”

Well, today, Monday, was a not good day that at least ended okay. The key thing I learned, pay attention to which baggage compartment you put your suitcase in, and make sure you’re not sleep-deprived when you do. Continue reading “Adventures in Miyagi Prefecture…”

Well, Darrell and I are back from a long journey through part of Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan). Continue reading “Adventures in Aomori Prefecture!”

Means “we’re in Hachinohe”.  We rode one of the shinkansen (bullet trains) from Ueno up to Hachinohe, which took about 3 1/2 hours.  We had to take a non-JR train from Narita to Ueno because of a tragic accident on the JR line.  Apparently someone jumped in front of a train committing suicide.  Very bad, and unfortunately very common.

Continue reading “Hachinohe he kimasu…”