This itinerary was actually the latter half of a two-country, nearly two-month trip encompassing China and Japan. In this itinerary write-up, we’re only focusing on Japan since this leg of the trip could easily stand out on its own Japan separate from China…

The train was about to move and both Julie and I were separated! Julie panicked and my heart started to race. So both of us tried real hard to force the doors open before the train moved…