At around 1 pm, in the year 2008, I entered the Japanese prefecture of Fukui which was the 47th prefecture that I have visited on journeys in Japan so now I have visited every prefecture of Japan. One of my life goals have been met. I wasn't planning to visit Fukui on January 2nd but an opportunity developed so I took it. I was returning from To...

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I was a Rotary Exchange Student for a year in 1985 and during that time attended Hokuriku Senior High School in Fukui, Japan. Visiting this time with the boys I found that there were still a number of teachers who were there in 1985 and who remembered me! I also met up with Aoki Ryota, a student in my class at that time who is now an English tea...

So as you can imagine, transitioning from the big city of lights, technology, and entertainment to a life much like my life in Conyers, Georgia was truly an adjustment. After a short orientation in Fukui-shi, I moved to my small humble city of Tsuruga. Tsuruga has everything you need, except for a population below the age of 80. Ok, I'm just kid...

Well, I got tired and fell asleep after the last entry and have been napping on the rides in between our stops for lunch and rest stops. I've been so tired today, because of how late my mom and I stayed up talking the other night and how I haven't had the opportunity to catch up the sleep yet either. We have about a 2 hour drive ahead of us to t...