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... had been shut down, except one, and that train was very very full, and the queues very very long. We eventually made it to the airport and spent the night along sides hundreds of other travelers in a kind of airport shanty-town. The security guards at the airport even handed out blakets, sleeping bags, water and ritz crackers.
The next morning we joined more queues and did a lot morewaiting, but made our London bound flight.
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Kobe : Tatar Mosque, Colonial Homes, Osaka Castle
... 7. Food seems to be cheaper outside of Tokyo. Now going to head back to my hotel for another soak in the hot tub. They have spas and saunas in korea so have to look into that when I get back.
Today is monday so its back to business suits for everyone. Tokyo was an army of business ...
Not *quite* as hot in Koya-San :)
... monks sat with all of the temple guests (there were 7 of us, total) and we had tea, coffee (oddly, we all got both!), little rice snacks and Hershey's Kisses (okay, these were odd too! but kinda yummy, even at 7:30am ...). The rest of the morning was spent seeing all the temples, shrines, and mausoleums of Koya-San which were scattered throughout, yes -- beautiful woods full of large, amazing trees. I feel like a broken record :) Anyhow, ...
Old school
... for resting (not a lot of Japanese malls have that extravagance), and a great, great vibe. We chose an omelet restaurant (a lot of Japanese restaurants have 'themes' and only serve one type of food) and had a truly great conversation. Alas, all good things must end, and we said our goodbyes in the mid afternoon. Any notion I had that I didn't miss Japan were thrown out the window; it's hard to explain, but the friends I made there are truly lifelong; I have only made a couple ...


