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** Temple fatigue.

** Lunch in a trendy cafe in Kyoto.

** Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.

*** More like a restaurant over a shop, and it was on the main temple approach road

* Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.

* Wed 21st:

** Breakfast at Mielparque again.

** Take a slightly odd (but JR powered and involving a boat) route to Osaka aquarium, and spend all morning there.

** Lunch in Osaka station - our first taste of Okonomiyaki

** Buy bentos for train

** Train towards Fujiyama for most of the afternoon, and then a bus to K's House.

** Both K's House and the bar around the corner turn out to be full of gaijin.

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** Get up unsure of what to do. Decide to see kabuki.

** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Towers. Glimpse it as we rush past to the National Theatre.

** ~~What did we do after that?~~

** Kabuki continues forever and ever

** Wander around Shinjuku in the evening. Take forever to find dinner

** Dan hits the gay bars. Lmm goes to the cinema, sees the Eureka Seven film.

* Sat 24th:

** Go to the anime fair. It turns out not to actually contain much

** Lmm sees the awesome pretty cure stage show. Everyone else discovers the maritime museum to be closed

** Science museum. Asimo walks a bit

** Evening trip to ~~akihabara~~, I think?

** Evening trip to Akihabara, I think?

* Sun 25th:

~~The remainder of this list is ripped from [[ThingsToDoInJapan]] and has yet to be updated to indicate what we actually did:~~

** Laundry in the morning

** Wander around the temple in Asakusa. Lmm buys a suitcase.

* ~~Fri 23rd: Tokyo! lmm suggests Nagano trip this day, while Emma~~'s ~~train ticket is valid. Stay in Tokyo~~ ''~~BOOKED~~''

** Head out to the suburbs for Mike's ''cafe''. It turns out to require tickets.

* ~~Sat 24th: Anime fair~~. ~~Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''~~

** Eat okonomiyaki at a place that actually uses the hot plate

* ~~Sun 25th: More Tokyo~~. ~~Stay in Tokyo~~ ''~~BOOKED~~''

** Harajuku. Walk around the park a bit, and the fancy shops.

* ~~Mon 26th: More Tokyo~~. ~~lmm suggests visit~~ fish ~~auction~~. ~~Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''~~

** Lmm and Mike head back to Akihabara. Mike insists Lmm direct him where to buy his porn. Lmm runs away as soon as possible, and finds a ''cafe''.

* ~~Tue 27th~~: ~~Emma flies home. Others get~~ up ungodly early and ~~train~~ to Osaka to ~~fly~~ to ~~Yakushima~~. ~~Stay~~ Yakushima ''~~BOOKED''~~

** In the evening we meet a girl from Chicago. She and Lmm arrange to go to the fish market.

* Wed 28th: ~~Yakushima. Stay Yakushima ''BOOKED''~~

* Mon 26th:

* ~~Thu~~ 29th: ~~Begin travel north. Stay~~ in Fukuoka ~~''BOOKED''~~

** Lmm gets up ungodly early. The girl does not. Lmm watches some anime and goes back to sleep.

* Fri 30th: ~~See~~ the ~~sights~~ in ~~Hiroshima~~. ~~Stay in Hiroshima ''BOOKED''~~

** Some packing and the like in the morning. Decide we want to go to Osaka today, probably on the 15:30 or 16:30 shinkansen.

* Sat 31st: ~~Castle tour,~~ Himeji ~~(scaffloding mafia)~~, ~~Kyoto~~, ~~and Hikone all on Shinkansen line~~ to ~~Tokyo. Stay in Tokyo. ''BOOKED''~~

** Breakfast in the temple district

* Sun 1st: All but Ben fly home. Ben does ~~some more stuff mostly booked~~.

** Did we do anything else in the morning?

** Head back to akihabara for lunch and a little last shopping

** Fail to say goodbye properly to Emma

** MELON BREAD

** Catch the train to Osaka as planned

** Eat at a cafe in Osaka station. Everyone has carbonara. Exciting frozen drinks.

* Tue 27th:

** Early plane to Yakushima

** Discover no-one can drive

** Discover no-one has the ryokan's address

** Get bus passes, and bus, and eventually get to ryokan

** Go to Senpiro's waterfall. Walk down the mountain

** Onsen

** Exceedingly traditional japanese dinner at the guesthouse

* Wed 28th:

** Traditional Japanese breakfast at the guesthouse

** By bus to the place of trees

** 5 hours of hiking

** Bus back, booking jetfoil on the way

** Dinner at the restaurant opposite the guesthouse

* Thur 29th:

** Traditional Japanese breakfast

** Catch the jetfoil

** Lunch at the Steak & Hamburg in Kagoshima

** Train it up to Fukuoka

** Check into hotel, then visit canal city

** Watch a dude with some impressive diabolo skillz

** Watch a japanese schoolgirl acquire chocolate

** Back to the hotel as the shops shut

* Fri 30th:

** Morning shinkansen

** Gets us to Hiroshima at some point

** Visit the memorial and museum

** Late lunch in this underground place, with bartering and cocktails

** Lmm runs off to catch the pretty cure all stars movie

** Evening karaoke

** Fail to find a mahjong club for 3

** A little drinking at a bar. Ben orders much plum wine

* Sat 31st:

** Himeji on the way, but only for an hour or so

** Back to the ryokan

** Dinner in that place on the 4th floor near the ryokan, I think

** Back to Akihabara one last time

* Sun 1st:

** All but Ben and Lmm fly home in the morning

** Fertility festival in Kawasaki. It is full of american tourists, and we can't get any lollies

** Early lunch at a traditional japanese noodle bar. We watch some baseball.

** Watch the parade. Haha, penis.

** Ben heads to book his ferry ticket

** Lmm makes a brief ticket to Akihabara, locates (but does not enter, as it is not yet open) the infamous LittleBSD cafe, then goes to Shinjuku and watches the Strike Witches movie.

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 ** Temple fatigue.
 ** Lunch in a trendy cafe in Kyoto.
-** Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.
+*** More like a restaurant over a shop, and it was on the main temple approach road
+* Eat ice-cream and cake in the awesome station again.
 * Wed 21st:
 ** Breakfast at Mielparque again.
 ** Take a slightly odd (but JR powered and involving a boat) route to Osaka aquarium, and spend all morning there.
+** Lunch in Osaka station - our first taste of Okonomiyaki
+** Buy bentos for train
 ** Train towards Fujiyama for most of the afternoon, and then a bus to K's House.
 ** Both K's House and the bar around the corner turn out to be full of gaijin.
@@ Line 40: / Line 43: @@
 ** Get up unsure of what to do. Decide to see kabuki.
 ** Route march through the government building district to Tokyo Towers. Glimpse it as we rush past to the National Theatre.
-** What did we do after that?
+** Kabuki continues forever and ever
+** Wander around Shinjuku in the evening. Take forever to find dinner
+** Dan hits the gay bars. Lmm goes to the cinema, sees the Eureka Seven film.
 * Sat 24th:
 ** Go to the anime fair. It turns out not to actually contain much
 ** Lmm sees the awesome pretty cure stage show. Everyone else discovers the maritime museum to be closed
 ** Science museum. Asimo walks a bit
-** Evening trip to akihabara, I think?
+** Evening trip to Akihabara, I think?
+* Sun 25th:
-The remainder of this list is ripped from [[ThingsToDoInJapan]] and has yet to be updated to indicate what we actually did:
+** Laundry in the morning
+** Wander around the temple in Asakusa. Lmm buys a suitcase.
-* Fri 23rd: Tokyo! lmm suggests Nagano trip this day, while Emma's train ticket is valid. Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''
+** Head out to the suburbs for Mike's ''cafe''. It turns out to require tickets.
-* Sat 24th: Anime fair. Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''
+** Eat okonomiyaki at a place that actually uses the hot plate
-* Sun 25th: More Tokyo. Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''
+** Harajuku. Walk around the park a bit, and the fancy shops.
-* Mon 26th: More Tokyo. lmm suggests visit fish auction. Stay in Tokyo ''BOOKED''
+** Lmm and Mike head back to Akihabara. Mike insists Lmm direct him where to buy his porn. Lmm runs away as soon as possible, and finds a ''cafe''.
-* Tue 27th: Emma flies home. Others get up ungodly early and train to Osaka to fly to Yakushima. Stay Yakushima ''BOOKED''
+** In the evening we meet a girl from Chicago. She and Lmm arrange to go to the fish market.
-* Wed 28th: Yakushima. Stay Yakushima ''BOOKED''
+* Mon 26th:
-* Thu 29th: Begin travel north. Stay in Fukuoka ''BOOKED''
+** Lmm gets up ungodly early. The girl does not. Lmm watches some anime and goes back to sleep.
-* Fri 30th: See the sights in Hiroshima. Stay in Hiroshima ''BOOKED''
+** Some packing and the like in the morning. Decide we want to go to Osaka today, probably on the 15:30 or 16:30 shinkansen.
-* Sat 31st: Castle tour, Himeji (scaffloding mafia), Kyoto, and Hikone all on Shinkansen line to Tokyo. Stay in Tokyo. ''BOOKED''
+** Breakfast in the temple district
-* Sun 1st: All but Ben fly home. Ben does some more stuff mostly booked.
+** Did we do anything else in the morning?
+** Head back to akihabara for lunch and a little last shopping
+** Fail to say goodbye properly to Emma
+** MELON BREAD
+** Catch the train to Osaka as planned
+** Eat at a cafe in Osaka station. Everyone has carbonara. Exciting frozen drinks.
+* Tue 27th:
+** Early plane to Yakushima
+** Discover no-one can drive
+** Discover no-one has the ryokan's address
+** Get bus passes, and bus, and eventually get to ryokan
+** Go to Senpiro's waterfall. Walk down the mountain
+** Onsen
+** Exceedingly traditional japanese dinner at the guesthouse
+* Wed 28th:
+** Traditional Japanese breakfast at the guesthouse
+** By bus to the place of trees
+** 5 hours of hiking
+** Bus back, booking jetfoil on the way
+** Dinner at the restaurant opposite the guesthouse
+* Thur 29th:
+** Traditional Japanese breakfast
+** Catch the jetfoil
+** Lunch at the Steak & Hamburg in Kagoshima
+** Train it up to Fukuoka
+** Check into hotel, then visit canal city
+** Watch a dude with some impressive diabolo skillz
+** Watch a japanese schoolgirl acquire chocolate
+** Back to the hotel as the shops shut
+* Fri 30th:
+** Morning shinkansen
+** Gets us to Hiroshima at some point
+** Visit the memorial and museum
+** Late lunch in this underground place, with bartering and cocktails
+** Lmm runs off to catch the pretty cure all stars movie
+** Evening karaoke
+** Fail to find a mahjong club for 3
+** A little drinking at a bar. Ben orders much plum wine
+* Sat 31st:
+** Himeji on the way, but only for an hour or so
+** Back to the ryokan
+** Dinner in that place on the 4th floor near the ryokan, I think
+** Back to Akihabara one last time
+* Sun 1st:
+** All but Ben and Lmm fly home in the morning
+** Fertility festival in Kawasaki. It is full of american tourists, and we can't get any lollies
+** Early lunch at a traditional japanese noodle bar. We watch some baseball.
+** Watch the parade. Haha, penis.
+** Ben heads to book his ferry ticket
+** Lmm makes a brief ticket to Akihabara, locates (but does not enter, as it is not yet open) the infamous LittleBSD cafe, then goes to Shinjuku and watches the Strike Witches movie.