Jessie and I really like camping. Well, I like to camp. So I was looking forward to the prospect of camping in another country - a country where mountains, streams, wild monkeys and really neat foliage are commonplace. Japan seemed like a nice place to explore, because it’s small in size, so you’re never far from civilization, but at the same time mountains, amongst which few people live, cover the majority of the country - especially in our area. I had done a little poking around online before we left the States, and it seemed like there might be camping opportunities here, although fires are outlawed in most if not all wilderness areas because, well, it’s a tiny country and it wouldn’t take long to burn. When we got here I asked a few people about
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