Take me to Takayama
May 20th 2005 After riding another bullet train from Mishima to Nagoya, I caught a regular train to the mountain city of Takayama. On the train, I met a Korean girl who was studying tourism at Texas A&M. She was traveling in Japan for a week before heading to Korea to visit family. Just my luck that she also spoke and read Japanesse as a tour guide (especially for ordering food) was a welcome addition for a
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