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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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Sat in Lunds & Byerly's, consuming a donut and coffee, and watched as a downpour drowned my bike. A few minutes earlier, the heavens had opened as I was locking up the bike, soaking me to the skin. Back home, a hot shower made everything OK.
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Categories: Minneapolis, Cycle
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Stowed our backpacks in lockers while we walked around Tokyo’s Ueno Park before we headed to Tokyo HND for our journey home. Lockers are ubiquitous.
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Categories: Honshu, In-Transit
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Mount Fuji from a fast train to Tokyo. Tomorrow we head home.
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Rain set in for much of the day, but we never had to put on rain jackets. We took a 15-minute bullet train to Osaka, where we walked a few miles through the city's vast indoor spaces, both above and below ground. A side trip to the Cup Noodles Museum added variety.
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Categories: Urban Hikes, Honshu
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Hiking Through a Sacred Forest
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Took a local train to Kurama, a village on a mountain above Kyoto. Hiked a quiet trail up and over Mount Kurama, passing through a temple complex and past shrines and ancient trees. Rejoined the train line for the trip back to Kyoto.
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We introduced our nephew and his dad to Kyoto’s over-loved bucket list favorite, Kiyomizu-dera Temple, in order to build the case for exploring B-list Kyoto. After that initiation, we walked towards quieter places.
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Categories: Honshu, B-List Travel
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