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January 19. Instagram Today I get to wake up in a hotel and go back to sleep in the same room for only the fourth time, and last time, on this trip. I don't have much on my itinerary for today, so I could go all the way up to the Aquarium if I really wanted to, but that's two hours one way. It's the same with the Peace Memorial to the south, over an hour to get there each way. I'm kind of tired, and there's a few things to do closer to downtown, so I'm going to stick to my plan of laying low and seeing sights. More island cats, Okinawa. There's a seaside park behind the hotel called Umisora Park, and that's going to be my first destination. This park is very pretty, showing off views of the Pacific Ocean, and there are so many wild cats here too as well. There's a an area where the public can relax and have a barbecue, but being the winter this all appears to packed up and blocked off. I find this funny though, because it's 62 degrees ...

January 8. Instagram Today is my last day in Tokyo until the end of the trip, when I come back to Tokyo for 2 days and fly back to Boston. This is also going to be the last day I have with Vivian, as we'll be slitting up tomorrow morning, but also this morning, we're moving in different directions, as I have tickets to the Ghibli Museum. The one downside to the Ghibli museum is that no photos are allowed here, but there's so much art everywhere. Books after books after books, exhibits galore, and every room seems to have some kind of film reel running, but best of all, there's a theater in the basement playing a movie that can only be seen at the Museum. The film is short and based on the story Nezumi no Sumo . The cafe had exclusive beer as well, and overall I really enjoyed this museum, even if everything they were selling in the giftshop was a bit overpriced. I feel bad that I don't have more photos to share, because this took up a good few hours of the mor...