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January 15. Instagram Woke up way too early in the morning for how much fun we had last night, but it's a 6am train out of Nara up to Kyoto, and then a train from Kyoto to Shin-Osaka, and another train from there to Hiroshima. All of my trains for the past week have been well under a two hour commute, and if I kept to my original plan, that would also be the case today, but in total it was around 3 hours of commuting and train hopping before my arrival in Hiroshima. My hotel is diagonal across the street from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Museum, and as I knew coming into today, it was going to be an emotionally heavy day. I dropped my bags at the hotel, and walked my way across the street to the Museum and Park, and prepared myself for tears, because I knew they'd be coming. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, a single atomic bomb destroyed the majority of the city, and was responsible for the death of 90,000-170,000 people, and in...

January 7. Instagram Waking up in a city and not having to leave that city is actually kind of nice. I'm well accommodated to Japan time now, but I am waking up very early in the morning, and Viv, working for an airline, time doesn't exist for her, so we're up and ready to go fairly early in the morning. First thing Viv needs is a coffee and there's a Starbucks next door, for me, I can just grab a coke at any old vending machine in the city. Two things: 1) Mountain Dew in Japan is not very good. It's a different formula from what they sell here at home, so it's just something different and I'm not the biggest fan of it. Coke is the same in Japan as home, so stick to good old trusty rusty coke. 2) Vending machines are everywhere and are awesome. They're a great and easy way to unload coins, and they're also an easy way to make change from a ¥1000 bill if you're going to need it for a bus or train. Viv and I's plan for today is to start...