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A 75-day, 11,000km journey around Japan, travelling to the very north to the very south and back again in a Mitsubishi Delica

Day 37: Rest Day… again

This morning, just as I was about to leave the car to go to the bathroom, it started to rain.  And, not just normal rain, but type of…

Day 36: Kyoto

After spending the last five weeks sharing the Delica with Risa, it felt strange last night sleeping in it by myself (she stayed at a friends house in…

Day 35: Rest Day

Today is the end of five weeks of constant travel/sightseeing, and after a big weekend in Osaka (it wasn’t really that big) I wanted to take a day…

Day 34: Osaka – Kameoka 40km

We tried to sleep in this morning, as we didn’t get to bed until 3AM, but as always, it was far too hot to stay in the car…

Day 33: Osaka

Slightly tired after a long day walking in the sun, festivaling, it was harder than usual to get started.  That and we didn’t quite know where it was…

Day 32: Kishiwada Danjiri Festival

Today was a little different to most days so far.  It was like a day-trip.  We packed up and left the quiet michi-no-eki at Waizumi and drove in…

Day 31: Heiburi (Nara) – Izumi (Osaka) 52km

I woke up a few times during the night, slightly cold, and it was even colder outside when I went to the bathroom early in the morning.  I…

Day 30: Kono (Fukui) – Heiguri (Nara) 206km

It was still raining heavy when we woke up, made getting out to go to the toilet unappealing. I knew we were going to have a big day…

Day 29: Tsuruki (Ishikawa) – Kono (Fukui) 172km

We’ve been getting so tired recently, so we slept in a little and had an extra slow start to the day (and watched some TV from bed). We’re…

Day 28: Kanazawa – Tsuruki 42km

Woken early-ish by the bright sunshine, so I was quite surprised that when I went outside, everything was wet.  Apparently there was quite a storm last night… Usual…