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The plan was for Diem and Binh to leave us for Mt Fuji early that morning and meet us in Kyoto the next day while Jae, Jason, Di, and I returned to Tokyo. They did not book the hotel/transportation package with us and were not required to go back to Tokyo to take the bullet train to Kyoto tomorrow.

Unfortunately, by the time we made it back to pick up our stuff, we found out that it takes 5 hours on a bus to the Fuji area! (didn’t look that far on the map…that was not drawn to scale…) So, they would essentially arrive at midnight where the hostel they booked may be closed. So instead of going to Fuji, Diem and Binh came with the rest of us back on the Romance Train to Tokyo. Doesn’t that sound cool? “Taking the Romance Train to Tokyo.” Click to continue »