Thursday, 2:00 p.m. My 8-tatami room for the next 2 nights on Yakushima Island, looking out on the East China Sea.
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Jetfoil to Yakushima
Thursday 11:15 a.m. Waiting to board jetfoil that will take me from Kagoshima to the little island of Yakushima.
Electronic Toilet
My hotel room toilet is the most technological yet. I’ve no idea what you’re supposed to do in a power outage.
Kagoshima Arrival
9:40 p.m. Arrived Kagoshima off bullet train.
Fukuoka
Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Subway from Fukuoka Airport to downtown.
KOA Airport
7:00 a.m. KOA (Kona, Hawaii Big Island)
Hike on Lava
Went for a hike on lava and took a selfie. Tonight, Dwight returns to mainland, in the morning I go to Japan.
Traveling to a Different Mental Place
This week I move from an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to an island on the edge of the East China Sea: from Hawaii Big Island to the little island of Yakushima, Southern Japan (195 square miles, population 13,178).
Traveling to a Different Mental Place
Wrote about traveling to a different mental place.
Tiki Bar Lunch
Lunch in our local tiki bar.