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  • Shikoku-byo & scroll At each temple on the pilgrimage I did this past June-July (in case you are just joining), I paid 300 yen to have my book stamped and signed. I also received a small slip of paper with the temp…

  • I wish they had pictures of these things. So this is what those Japanese people are doing with all that overtime in the office. Bad breath game hit at fair 2009-10-22 18:10 Tokyo - A mon…

  • two things I'm trying to do less of:1) use the computerThis is partially because I stare at a screen 8 hours a day, 5 days a week now at my new job. Should I really be doing more of that? No. Its also partially becaus…

  • I don't know whether or not I think this is cool. What do you think? I guess I'll have to read the book. Man Travels to 37 Countries on $2Updated: Saturday, 12 Sep 2009, 11:59 AM EDT Published : Saturday, 12 Sep 2009, …

  • Goodbye Japan Got to hang out with my friend Nolita again... hooray! She is very cool, I'm glad we've kept in touch. The food fest was far from over yet. Our appetizer, not very appetizing Delicious sashimi…

  • Food fest 2009 Another day, we had a beach BBQ with some of Sukko's friends and their families. Sukko has a jet ski, which Kyohei just loves ...but I would rather stay on the beach and drink. You have to love…

  • Kyohei (back) in Japan I was so happy when Kyohei finally got to Japan. In preparation, his mom taped these notes to the car to remind Kyohei to drive on the left-hand side of the road. She even wrote the hiragana …

  • HomecomingI rode the highway bus from Namba, Osaka directly to Miki, where my old friend Kazuno lives. I was insta-happy when I saw her waiting in the car on the side of the highway. The last time I saw her and her hus…

  • one last stop to finish the pilgrimage after going back to #1, I got on the train with my friend and heading (back) to Tokushima City. I checked myself back into the Toyuku Inn and went to find dinner. Tokushima Sta…

  • Mt. Koyaaka Koya-san. The multiple train rides... followed by another ride on a ropeway car and then a bus left my tired and annoyed. So much for the voyage being relatively cheap and easy like I thought. I w…

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