Here is what Mike Berg looks like riding a subway in a large Japanese city. We have decided to put pictures up on the blog in a willy-nilly manner with no regard to time or topic.
We really enjoyed seeing in Makiko on Kyushu, the third largest island of the Japanese archipelago, an island that Makiko had not previously visited. She rode the train down from Yamaguchi a few hours to meet us on the train platform in Hakata station in the big city of Fukuoka.
Makiko is now 23 and gainfully employed by a Japanese company that has something to do with machines. She will be moving to a different Japanese location after she finishes her training in Yamaguchi. Note my shirt.
We last saw Makiko in February of 2013 when she returned to Minnesota for a visit.
I remember Saga City seeming like a nice size medium-ish Japanese city bustling with activity. We were there from a Saturday to a Monday on a holiday weekend. This may explain why the streets seemed so unlively, unpopulated, and unexciting. Sorry Makiko!
And boy was it hot! We took a hot walk after checking in to our hotel.
on the train to Saga City
The Scramble intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo where thousands of people all cross the street at the same time compared with . . .
. . . The Saga Scramble!
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