Just purchased my ticket and got my rail pass -- Japan and my trip to Asia is finally a reality. It is pretty cool that I am picking up and traveling halfway around the world just a whim. I am sure everything will work out but right now, one week away from departure, I am feeling a little bit anxious. I've always been told that the greater the risk you might take, the greater the reward that follows. I am sure that I will be rewarded with thousands memories of a foreign land that will be with me until the day I die, and that is very exciting. Just have to get through the everyday monotonous life of being a laborer for another week.
I have been thinking of the route I am going to take but have not really solidified it. I know I am flying into to Tokyo and staying there for a couple nights. Hopefully I will find a relatively cheap hostel somewhere in the city so I can explore all the ends of it but a place with 30 million in the city and suburbs, it might be a little bit hard to do in a couple days. After that I will travel West on the train to Kyoto and Nara. Couple days there and then further West and then South. I will let you know my route as I go but I imagine I will create my own adventure.
