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Japan Day 3, Hiroshima (PM)

So, we made it back to Hiroshima, and back to the hostel where we picked up our room key. We were sleeping on tatami mats, which weren’t exactly comfortable but they were better than sleeping on the floor.
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The vegetarian restaurant we were planning on eating at was closed for the night (this happened at least once a day) – so we stopped at a Spanish tapas place. Whitney had a salad with a tomato or two, and the fruit from our sangria. Dave & I split several appetizers, all of which were uneventful. Afterwards we headed to find a karaoke bar…we got pretty lost, and asked some high school kids where to get beer at, but then we eventually found the drunk businessman and followed them to the giant KIRIN BEER sign.
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Japan Day 3, Miyajima (AM)

Woke up early & checked out of Tokyo. The hotel had some fancypants single cup espresso maker in the lobby, and we each had a cup or two. Took the shinkansen to Hiroshima. Ate an orange for breakfast. It was simultaneously one of the worst and one of the best oranges I’ve ever eaten.

After a few hours, we arrived at Hiroshima & found the hostel without any trouble. We decided to take the ferry to Miyajima (the Shrine Island) before dark.
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Japan Day 2, Tokyo

Whitney woke up bright and early and got us to the Tsukiji Fish Market sort of on time. The fish market is a very busy place, with motorized & human-propelled carts going every which way at very high speeds, and it is a little overwhelming but you know you better stay alert because otherwise you’re going to get run over by a cart and it is going to suck.

We saw thousands of stalls selling all manner of marine life (in various states of fresh -> frozen). Tuna, sea urchin, squid, snapper, shrimp, eel, etc. It was raining and that helped keep the fish goo from getting on our clothes.
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Japan Day 1, Tokyo

After a very long flight, we made it to Japan. I’ve never been on a flight that long before, and it turned out to be pretty awesome. Basically I ate, slept, watched movies, and read on my nook…pretty relaxing, even if it was in a very small space. I had joked with my brother about carrying a sign with our names on it, but he scoffed and said “I’ll be the tallest guy there”. Turns out he was right. We took the Narita express to Tokyo (ooh! pretty! and fast!), and made it to Ikebukuro, where our hotel (the b ikebukuro) was.
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