Road Trip!

ill keep it brief as the photos tell most of the story. but in a mad panic of 'oh my god im leaving japan' i decided to embark on a trip of the places that id like to see as a minimum, with a few others added in. i set off with my best mates gareth and tomomi, and spent most of the trip with just tomomi as gareth had to go back to work on the monday. we initially drove to osaka, then we got everywhere on trains, boats, buses and feet. it was a really tight schedule, 9 cities/towns in 7 days, with countless things to do in each. was exhausting at times, but was such good fun. the weather was glorious, and the blossom was out everywhere we went. i could go on forever about the trip, but needless to say, it was an experience ill never forget, and i feel a little more comfortable about leaving now ive done it. many many thanks as always to gareth and tomomi, great travelling buddies, especially tomomi for putting up with my sometimes grumpiness, oh and i did eventually make her laugh with a joke...another box (albeit a new one) ticked.

we worked out the following statistics on the way back:
we had travelled 3000km's
we had been on 28 trains, 4 boats, 3 buses, and one car

i took over 700 photos

...not bad for 7 days