I meant to write much sooner than this. A month is a long time to travel a country without recording your adventures, but somehow faced with the thought of sacrificing a day and possibly a new adventure to sitting in an internet café, I just couldn’t do it. Finally, I have decided to rest for a few days at a friend’s house to get myself sorted out before I sail to Shanghai on Friday. The last month has been a whirlwind trek around Japan during which I haven’t remained in most places for more than a day. I have done most of my traveling using the incredibly cheap (11, 500 yen or about $115.00 CDN) Seishun Ju-hachi Kippu, a youth discount train ticket that allows you to travel an unlimited distance on the local trains for
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