The End of the Trip (and what happened after)

It's been a busy week. I'm in America now, so I'm no longer abroad and therefore the blog will be going dormant. Until next time. but first let's wrap up our little tale.

Fuji Rock!

Fuji Rock Festival is a three day music festival held at the Naeba ski resort, which is nowhere near Fuji in any discernible sense. According to my research, the festival was held at Fuji only once, in its first year, and that went horribly so they moved it but kept the name. Um, oh, point is: we went to it yesterday.

The Last of Nikko: Onward to Friendship, and More!

In which our heroes relax in Nikko before departing from the new friends they had made there in order to travel by train to Fukushima, where they meet up with an old friend and meet new friends in a blizzard of fun and adventure with foreign medical services, foods, and caves, all before finally making their way back to Tokyo city to explore and await the coming madness.

More Nikko

Today we went down to "touristy Nikko" as Scout calls it, which is the area closer to the UNESCO world heritage site. But we managed to find some hidden gems away from the crowds...and by hidden gems I mean they were clearly labeled on the map with along a suggested "walking tour" but I guess because its away from the UNESCO temples no one cared. We liked it.

The Grass Here is Greener: Nikko

On Friday we headed out into the rain for a long train voyage. Our destination was a place called Nikko, which I literally knew nothing about because Christian did all the planning for it and I had been too sick to really care. Well, good job Christian.

The Little Engine That Decided Not To (But Totally Could Have if He'd Wanted)

Today we are in Kyoto, and we've been here several days now. The recent theme of our travels is "being tired." However, we push on and do outings every day to see new things. The outings tend to run out of gas early though, and then we go watch anime movies in the hotel. But let's travel back in time to Hiroshima and catch up:

More Catching Up: Osaka to Hiroshima

My only picture from the aquarium on my last post was a Capybara. Here's something more aquatic.

Whale Shark