About three hours away from leaving on the bus for Fuji 5th station. I'm a little nervous to climb at night time and also with others. I hope I can keep up with their pace. I don't think I'll regret it but it's nerve racking to do it in pitch black. I still need to go to the mall to get a head lamp...then I'm off! Good luck to myself.

Myth: All that the Japanese is eat is fish and sushi. They have lots of pork, beef and even bacon! Fact: I have met more tourists from France than any other country. Along the line of fact, I love it when A group of six Parisians invite me to supper with them and even buy my meal! Can't wait to go to France now. Great day in Kyoto. Highlights included the Miyajima and the thousands of shrines I saw.

Spent the day in Hiroshima. The Peace Memorial Museum and Park were awesome. Crazy to be at the place where the first a-bomb was dropped and to think there are more powerful WMD out there now. The city is dedicated to peace which is very cool!Also got to visit Miriyama. Ate some delucious oysters and saw some cool shrines. Just like Waterton, there were deer everywhere around town, just waiting for people to feed them.

On my way to Hiroshima. I didn't know that there is so much to see in Japan. If I were to do it again, I would have spent a month here, (at least). The simplest things can be extreme challenges when traveling overseas by yourself. It feels like a completely new world when you cannot speak the same language as someone. This morning, I went into a small coffee shop to get breakfast and the waitress and I had a difficult time communicating because she could not spea...

Did you know? The Japanese read from right to left and from top to bottom. Their books are bound on the right side. Perhaps the whole world knew but me, bit I thought it was interesting. Traveling to Yakushima today on a high speed ferry. A man from Japan kept feeding me beer last night. They were good but the morning was rough. I missed the early ferry this morning so had to wait until noon. Walking to the port this morning, I got covered in ash from a nearby v...