dinner in niigata!!

known for their seafood, being by the cold cold sea.

also known for their rice!!!

mountain vegetables!!

eat all the raw shrimp!!!

niigata!!!

not just japan. the sea of japan!!!

with a bunch of concrete jacks!

the japan alps! viewed from the train!

this is probably kudzu!

uncharted hike in gero!

frome the phone-camera!

the bloodthirsty butchers! live in tokyo!

bacon steak!!! and (translation from the japanese cell phone) it rots!!!

tram in kumamoto, sister city to san antonio, tx!!!

look at these!

useful information!!

where i slept:

tokyo
osaka
hiroshima
nagasaki
kumamoto
kyoto
gero onsen
niigata
tokyo


where i day tripped:

nara
kobe
miyajima
ioujima
echigo-yuzawa


what i missed:

tons!!!



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