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Day 25. Homeward Bound.

Day 25. Homeward Bound.

Not much to say here. Woke up, showered, got the traditional 7-11 breakfast of yogurt and orange juice, checked out, and took the train to the airport. Security was a breeze and I finally found my comb. Rather the security agent did, when she went through my toiletries to find

Day 24. Motorcycle back to Tokyo. The last day.

Day 24. Motorcycle back to Tokyo. The last day.

I woke up early to make sure I got the motorcycle back on time and was treated to an unobstructed view of Fuji! For about 1 hour was able to get pictures of Fuji while I rode back towards Tokyo. There were only a couple twisty roads that day. I

Day 23. Motorcycle Day 2

Day 23. Motorcycle Day 2

Day 2 of motorbiking started of great with roads so well maintained and every hundred feet there was a new corner. Cars would slow down and flash their emergency lights to let you pass. I thought it was going to rain all day as well, per the weather app on

Day 22. Motorcycle Day 1

Day 22. Motorcycle Day 1

Motorbikes!!! I had been looking forward to this since I started this trip back in July. I had packed my day pack with only the necessary things the night before and left at 8am to get to the motorbike rental place at 9am. After a short briefing on the roads

Tokyo Day 21

Our last tourist day in Tokyo. There were only a couple of things I wanted to go see: Akihabara, and a World War II museum. We went to the museum first since it closed at 4pm. It was interesting seeing the history told from the Japenese perspective. The Akihabara, a

Kyoto to Tokyo Day 20

Kyoto to Tokyo Day 20

Travel day. Woke up and did some laundry before checkout at 11am. We went to the train station to get breakfast/lunch. We were able to relax in the train and watch watch the world go by. We had to change trains once we got to Tokyo station. The signs

Kyoto Day 19

Not a whole lot going on today. Another hike up a mountain, but whatever, we are experts now. The Shrine at Kurama is nothing special but the forest and mountain that it is on, is fantastic. Honestly there isn't much to say here. I'll post some

Kyoto Day 18

Biggest walking day yet. Over 31,000 steps according to Zach's pedometer. We went to see Fushimi Inari Tashi, Bamboo Grove, and Monkey mountain. Each one of those places required hiking up a mountain to get to the destination. I hope to add some more photos to this

Osaka, Nara Day 17

Osaka, Nara Day 17

We arrived in Osaka pretty late and made our way to the Japan Rail (JR) 'help desk' to exchange the vouchers I had bought online for actual tickets. After standing in line for what seemed like hours we got up to the front where a nice girl, with