Konnichiwa, Japan! (Kyoto, Japan)
August 29th 2008 (Day 147 on the road)I arrived in Kobe, Japan, after a 54h ferry crossing from Tianjin in China. The sailing was smooth, and I spent most of the time either sleeping or sitting on deck reading my book and watching the ocean go by. It was nice to be forced to do nothing for two days after all the running around in Beijing during the Olympics. Immigration into Japan then was tedious and took
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