Adventures in Aomori Prefecture!

Well, Darrell and I are back from a long journey through part of Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan). Continue reading “Adventures in Aomori Prefecture!”

Hachinohe he kimasu…

Means “we’re in Hachinohe”.  We rode one of the shinkansen (bullet trains) from Ueno up to Hachinohe, which took about 3 1/2 hours.  We had to take a non-JR train from Narita to Ueno because of a tragic accident on the JR line.  Apparently someone jumped in front of a train committing suicide.  Very bad, and unfortunately very common.

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We made it!

My brother and I are now in Japan! (well, we’ve been here for some time, but I didn’t have Internet access because I forgot my cable 🙁 )
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