Arriving at Miura-Kaigan I left the hostel at around 8am and walked around Asakusa to find a little store where I could buy toothpaste (I'd used someone else's at the hostel) and contact solution. I also picked up breakfast, a little plastic rectangular-shaped container with rice, various pickled things, and some seaweed in it. It was a traditional Japanese lunch, the one that mothers pack for their little kids--they are called OBENTO (oh-ben-toh). By that time the clock was ticking for me to leave Tokyo for Kanagawa-ken. A "ken" is a little like the USA's "state", though the ken is not nearly as self-sufficent or self-controlled. However, the size relative to Japan is about the same. Anyway, from Tokyo to Kanagawa-ken, where Iijima Farm and Garden is, takes about one-and-a-half hours by Express train. The ticket
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