Never being one for an early start, I rolled out of bed about half-nine-ish and wandered down to Yamaguchi station. I missed the express to Shin-Yamaguchi, so I got the slow train instead. At Shin-Yamaguchi I got the Kodama shinkansen the short distance (well, it’s not that short, but on the shinkansen everything in Japan [...]

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Various times, December 9th.
13:38 - Wow. Less  than a week in Japan. I’m still not sure what I’m doing… I definitely want to get to Kagoshima at least, to Cape Sata, where Japan ends. It’s not that far from Kagoshima so I’m definitely wanting to get there. So… Wednesday I’ll stay in Kagoshima, Thursday get [...]

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Various times, December 8th.
9:15 – Left the hostel quite hastily this morning. I had this … sort of nightmare, sort of night terror thing. I was half-awake, unable to move, and I was sure I heard someone say “hello”. I thought I heard the rustle of a plastic bag. I tried to move, but [...]

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Various times, December 7th.
13:18: But then, this is what it’s all about, no? I checked out of my hotel, went out, realised I’d forgotten my camera, went back to get it, and went out again.
Checked my bank account, which revealed that I currently have -10,000 yen. Or possibly it means 10,000 yen, but either [...]

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Written at approximately 20:25 on December 6th.
So I met Sarah outside my hotel at 11:00 this morning, except it was 11:40 because she was late, but then I guess I wasn’t exactly early yesterday. We biked to her college (which is to say university in the British sense) and got free food from the cafeteria, [...]

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(Had I plenty of time and if I could stand writing <wpg2> over and over again, I’d go through and insert photos, but I don’t and I can’t. You’re lucky you’re getting any photos at all, you know. So click here for my photos from the last couple of days. I’m sure you can work [...]

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In- internet! Actual… internet! 20 new emails!
…just gimme a chance to catch up. Blogging soon.

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So I’m here at Matsuyama’s ferry port and as usual, thanks to poorly planned transportation, I have time to kill.
The problem is that I aim to be in Yamaguchi by 18:30. It’s currently 12:30, so I’ve got six hours, right? The ferry takes 2 1/2 hours, the tram to Hiroshima station takes 30 minutes, the [...]

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So I took yet another tram to the Port of Hiroshima. Had to wait an hour before I could even get my ticket, but I was on the boat for Matsuyama by 11:15. The trip across the Seto Inland Sea to the island of Shikoku, fourth largest in Japan, took 2 1/2 hours. A bus [...]

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I’m out here a thousand miles from my home,
Walkin’ a road other men have gone down.
I’m seein’ your world of people and things,
Your paupers and peasants and princes and kings.
Today I went to an island! Quite a small island, but an island nonetheless.

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