On December 22nd, I departed from my now familiar territory of Fuchucho, Hiroshima into the vast, undiscovered territory of Thailand. However, before my explorations began, I had to leave Japan, and mother nature made it a bit of a challenge. The snow was a falling, the city of Hiroshima was in a bit of a panicked state, as that much snow is unusual for December, and buses were delayed. After waiting forty five minutes for a bus that never arrived, I began to settle into a slightly panicked state myself, looking bewildered for some way to get to Hiroshima train station....all of the taxis were occupied, and I began to run towards my local station, on slippery sidewalks nonetheless. Finally, a bus went by, and because traffic was so slow, I managed to catch up to
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