I just realized that I wrote a blog entry on the rest of our time on Shikoku Island -- and forgot to post it. We're in Tokyo today on the LAST day of our trip -- here's what I forgot: If you’ll find a map of Japan, look in the southwest of the country for an island called Shikoku, longer than it is wide, with no really large cities. We’re spending three weeks traveling from one small city to another, starting with Tokoshima, then traveling down the center of the island through the Oboke gorge to Kochi, then west through Uwajima, with about 60,000 people, to Shikoku’s largest city, Matsuyama. Today, we’re on the train traveling around the northeast corner of the island, right near the sea, so I’m using the time on the train to
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