Dispatches from Kumamoto, Japan
Arrived by Train on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 at 2:51pm local time
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Rain, cicadas and confusion in Kumamoto
Our Kyoto hostel hadn't been especially restful, and we were gritty-eyed and slow in the morning, which is why we had our big train screw-up. We were meant to be meeting Sayaka in Kumamoto, on the island of Kyushu practically at the other end of the country. She was planning








