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Day 27
A quiet day with some work at home then at Waseda. At the end of the day, we decided to go explore a neighborhood not too far from Waseda. We start going east towards the Nazakatocho area. After a more residential passage, we discover another vibrant and living neighborhood with a lot of passage. Shops…
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Day 26
Sunday, July 10. After all the train trips, we will calm down a little today. It is necessary to finish the laundry of the trip. The machine works as soon as we get up. It took a little effort and Google Lens to master the machine the first days, but we are now experts at…
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Day 25
Saturday, July 9th. After a good night’s sleep in “our own” beds, we are ready to rumble. First order of business, of course, is to get a laundry going, hang everything. Noe needs to go to Waseda. But our JR passes still have a day of validity. We can travel on all the JR lines…
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Day 24
A good breakfast opens the day, suitcases have to be made, and off we go. First stop, the station. We find the coin locker, check as much as we can in one locker, and walk back towards Hiroshima Castle. The castle wooden parts were completely destroyed (and that was the majority), only some stones remained,…
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Day 23
We take the train (and collect some more stamps, as has now become the case in all stations we stop by!) then a ferry to Miyojima. Unfortunately the famous water Tory is covered and in restoration works, and part of the Itsukushima shrine is being renovated, too. The place is still very interesting, and we…
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Day 22
Wednesday, July 6th. After the long and beautiful day of yesterday, we leave Takamatsu. We decided to spend the day on Naoshima. A beautiful island which has become very famous for art since the advent of the triennial. We looked at the timetable of the ferries and trains going from Uno to Okayama: we have…
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Day 21
First morning in Takamatsu. Samuel takes a quick shower and goes to buy some breakfast. The sun is shining outside, but it is accompanied by clouds. On the map that allows us to follow the Typhoon, we see that it is still quite weak (for a Typhoon) and that it is really slow. It will…
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Day 20
It’s Monday morning, the weather is rather gray, a few drops are falling here and there. The Typhoon is still advancing, but from the morning forecast we should be able to cross the bridge towards Shikoku Island and Takamatsu this evening. In the meantime, we check out of the hotel, find the coin locker at…
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Day 19
We have been planning a little trip out of Tokyo. Interacting with my friend David and with Róbert, reading. We exchanged our JR coupons and have JR passes for seven days: from today till next Saturday, we can take almost all JR trains without paying extra! We have made plans and seat reservations. Hotels are…
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Day 18
A morning of preparing suitcases and checking all is set for what is to come, and then we depart towards Roppongi Hills. Objective: visit the Mori Arts Museum and the Mori Tower Skydeck. We take a combination of JR train and subway and arrive at Roppongi station. It is way past noon, and lunch is…