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Travels around Japan, from the time living here as an English teacher on the JET programme, to the time spent living and working in the ski resort area Niseko.

As well as our road trip around Japan, which is in its own sub category

Day 22: Tsuchiyu (Fukushima) – Ounuma (Niigata) 204km

We woke up to heavy fog, and moderate rain.  Visibility was barely across the car park (and the temperatures were quite cool), so we made the most of…

Day 21: Murata (Miyagi) – Tsuchiyu (Fukushima) 178km

For the first time in a while, I didn’t wake up already sweating.  It was nice/nostalgic.  Though, it was due to cloud/rain/wind. Risa went and checked out the…

Day 20: Ishinomaki – Murata (near Sendai) 189km

I could just tell that today was going to be a slightly disappointing day.  Probably because I’m slightly pessimistic in nature, but I was really looking forward to…

Day 19: Tono (Iwate) – Ishinomaki (Miyagi) 165km

It got cool during the night, but you wouldn’t have guessed it by the 7:30 this morning, as it was already hot/humid… and disgusting.  I really don’t miss…

Day 18: Iwaizumi – Tono 166km

While we didn’t technically stay in Iwaizumi, we stayed fairly close.  The actual place that we stayed was the Mitagai michi-no-eki.  Today was a much faster start to…

Day 17: Kakunodate (Akita) – Iwaizumi (Iwate) 134km

We woke to a exceptionally hot morning, slightly overcast, but generally fine.  We made the most of the sun/heat to dry out the futons that had the beginnings…

Day 16: Kamikoani – Kakunodate 250km

The heat is really making it difficult to sleep beyond 7AM, so, we’ve been forced to get up early.  It should be a good thing, getting up early…

Day 15: Noheji (Aomori) – Kamikoani (Akita) 168km

Spent the morning trying to get the Internet to work again (I restarted the iPhone, and I could no longer tether), was unsuccessful and put me in a…

Day 14: Hotokegaura – Noheji 170km

There was still thunder/lightning/rain when we woke up, which was slightly disheartening, but by the time we’d packed up, and gotten ready to leave it had mostly cleared…

Day 13: Yakumo – Hotokegaura (Aomori) 130km

We made the most of the short time I had back in Yakumo to see a friends in town, and although it had only been three weeks since…