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The issue isn’t that you got lost, but that you found yourself.
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Takaoka punches pretty far above its weight.
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The fact remains: Fukui doesn’t get much love.
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I hope the insights I’ve gained over the course of my many trips help you as you plan yours.
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It was only because of a wild hair that I even bothered to stop at Omiya Bonsai Village on my way back to Tokyo.
Continue ReadingToyama, at Long Last
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