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09:37:23
We popped into this little cafe in Hakodate station for an hour or so before getting our train in the morning...
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09:37:40
...it was really good as it had internet access and also provided us with a nice coffee/croissant sort of breakfast.
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11:03:55
Here's me with the standard map shot, before getting on the train in Hakodate.
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11:08:40
...it was rather a smart train too - we had to pay a small supplement for this one as it was an express train.
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11:51:03
Chie looking out to sea, which is the last picture I took on Hokkaido. Incidentally it was a round this time that there was a large earthquake in Sendai - we couldn't feel anything here though.
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12:26:34
Taken in the tunnel which runs between Hokkaido and Honshu (the main island of Japan). This tunnel is apparently the longest in the world, and amazingly it actually has a station inside!
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12:47:21
Taken not long after emmerging from the tunnel - we're back on Honshu now then.
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13:06:00
There were some nice sea views to be had on this run.
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13:37:41
Here we are, having arrived in Aomori.
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13:37:57
I think Chie took a shine to the bridge here, which you can just about see behind the train.
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14:09:49
Thanks to the erathquake in Sendai, our next train was somewhat delayed, and we spent quite a while in Aomori waiting for it.
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17:02:06
On arrival in Hachinohe, after what had been a very delayed and unpleasantly overcrowded train journey. It turns out the train had been a Snoppy train.
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17:03:27
Yep, in Hachinohe now.
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19:32:23
Next stop after Hachinohe was Morioka, where we decided to call it a day - we'd originally planned to try and get a bit further South, but what with the delays and everything that wasn't looking practical.
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21:18:04
I fancied something Italian for dinner, so we popped into this place which where we were the only customers...
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21:20:29
...not sure why it was so empty, the food seemed pretty good to me.
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22:28:04
After searching round for a hotel with any vacancies for what had seemed like ages, we finally found one with a spare room - and amazingly it turned out the girl on the desk was in fact an old university friend of Chie's! So when she finished her shift we went for a drink with her...
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23:42:17
Me and Hiroko-san in the Irish bar just round the corner from our hotel.
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23:42:55
Me and Hiroko-san again - the last one was a bit too blueish.
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00:32:58
After a few pints of Guinnes, Hiroko-san invited us round to her flat, and this is a random picture taken of the appartment block.
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00:51:13
In Hiroko's flat, we mostly occupied ourself with looking through photos - this is the Gyosei year book for the class of 2000.
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01:52:20
Chie, Hiroko-san and the year book.
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01:52:37
...I seemed to be struggling to get this picture right!
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01:52:57
One last picture before calling it a night...
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