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All of those things were located in the lobby of the museum. Unfortunately, we arrived too late to go into the rest of the museum, but I made Jordan promise to bring me back the next day. We went outside to explore the area and see all of the statues built as memorials. The first one really...

This was used on the Burma Railway, you know, the one that's also nicknamed the Death Railway. Over 100,000 of combined laborers and POWs died in the construction. The amazement and curiosity that I had for this place was palpable. I really wish that my mom could have...

We had another packed day at the high school. This time a band came in to play for the students. We actually met up with the band later on that evening. We told Tomoaki that we would wait around for him to go to a few more places together. As we were leaving the high school we saw these kids...

After we visited Hachiko we decided to cross the intersection at Shibuya several times just to get the experience. This is one of the busiest intersection in the world as far as pedestrians are concerned. Keep in mind that these photos were taken on a Tuesday night around 9:30. We...

Thank you again! The school was really neat to experience. In many ways teenagers were still teenagers in Japan, but it was overall a very wonderful experience being able to engage with them. For freshman in high school they had some pretty tough questions for us.

As we continued on our journey of literally crossing off half of our site-seeing list in a matter of 4 hours, we did see the Lotus Centre. Throughout all of the cities that we visited this was carved out into the pavement and in the metro and train stations. We assumed that it was for...

From there we experienced a 7-floor electronics store. Our favorite part of the store was the $40,000 massage chairs located near the top floor. We stayed in those for a bit. It was definitely something that we may consider for a future investment. After the electronics store our group...

School let out around 2:30 for the day. However, in Japan most students stay until 5 for tutoring from their teachers. We left around 3 with the group we were there with and one of the students. His name is Tomoaki. Tomoaki is a senior and was in Jordan's group during lunch, and apparently he...

Jordan and I both agree that Osaka was our least favorite place that we went to while in Japan. I enjoyed going to the castle. It was absolutely beautiful! However, I probably would have rather just stayed in Kyoto a bit longer to go see Nijo castle. The city itself wasn't as clean and...

If you had told me a year and a half ago that I would be going to Japan I honestly would not have believed you. We just kind of made our minds up and stuck with it. That's kind of the mentality that we needed though, just make it happen. I definitely wanted to make this trip about much more...

Since we were kind of bored and the replicas turned into props, we decided to have some fun while we were there. I'm not sure if the other tourists appreciated how we were choosing to pass the time, but we were having a great time. It took Jordan 25 minutes to complete...

So, the museum was kind of boring. As a lover of history, museums, and history museums, I think I can say that. The museum had some neat artifacts in it, but it was mostly small replicas of how the city looked over time. Plus, there wasn't a whole lot for us to read about it...

The tour begins at the top floor, six floors up. You ride an elevator to the top and take the stairs on down. At the top was a small gift shop and panoramic views of the city. It was so windy and cool up top that I could have stayed here for the next several hours. Felt so bad for...

After we took in Kyoto station one last time we hopped on a train for Osaka. From the outset I didn't really care about going to Osaka. The only day that we had to go was on a Monday, and the only place that I cared to go check out in Osaka (Tompozan Harbor Village) was closed on Mondays...