Countdown

My time here in Japan is almost up. As I write this, I have just over a month left before I move back to California. My wife and kids have already moved (so the kids can start school). Three years really flies by...

So now I am in a mad rush to get in those last few things I told myself I would do while I was over here, but still haven't done. Over Labor Day weekend, a friend of mine and I are traveling by Shinkansen (Bullet Train) to Hiroshima. As part of the trip, I will be getting 4 things off my list:

1) Visit Hiroshima
2) Visit Mimeji Castle
3) Visit the Tsujiki Wholesale Fish Market in Tokyo
4) Stay in a capsule hotel

I think that will just about clean out my list. Other must do's I have completed already are:

1) Climb Mt Fuji (sort of, I never quite reached the top...)
2) See the Hot Spring bathing Snow Monkeys
3) Visit the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City
4) Visit the Imperial Palace
5) Visit Ginza

As much fun as I have had here, I am ready to go home...