July 9, 2006 Got up in Miyajima, rode the train for near 3 hours, and arrived in Yamaguchi. I was considering skipping Yamaguchi because it was a little out of the way, but I decided to give it a shot just because. I’m very glad I did. Yamaguchi has a population of about 1.5 million people, and it by far, the coolest place I’ve been thus far. When I arrived at the station, I walked into the visitor information office attached to the station. The woman behind the desk is probably one of the nicest people I’ve met yet in Japan. We talked about Yamaguchi, Georgia, her job (which is a high school teacher as well as working at the visitor info office), my stay in japan, and a few other topics. She knew English well
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