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<\/p>\nSakaiminato continues to disappoint. On Google Maps I found some coffee shops that open “on time” in Yonago, so I thought I’d take an earlier train and grab breakfast in Yonago. Well, the short train to Yonago was delayed enough that I only had 30 minutes until my next train so I still ended up eating breakfast from 7 Eleven.<\/p>\n
By the time I got back to the train station, I found out the train to Okayama was also delayed.<\/p>\n
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Well it was a nice calm ride back to Okayama, a place I’d been many times before. I decided to stay in a nicer hotel, though and my room at the Granvia is huge by Japanese standards. It’s even big for, say, San Francisco.<\/p>\n
It was a very humid day and fortunately it didn’t rain very much. I was planning on just hanging out in the mall next door if it was too rainy. They’re having the Okayama Art Summit right now so I spent most of the afternoon visiting modern art installations. Most of the time I spent rather confused. Some of the installations are on the grounds of the castle, some are in random galleries. It was actually a lot of fun.<\/p>\n
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The big plans though were to meet my sister’s old co-worker and friend Yumi for dinner. Her brother and one of her marathon buddies (who I\u2019ve met before) also came. It was a lot of fun and the other marathoner (who is a whiskey expert) gave me a small single-shot bottle of Yamazaki 12!<\/p>\n
My original plans were just to hide out and maybe just hang out in the mall if it was too rainy and it was a lot more fun than that today.<\/p>\n
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(And that’s the reason why I relax at the Granvia. I like sitting in the room and just looking out the window.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sakaiminato continues to disappoint. On Google Maps I found some coffee shops that open “on time” in Yonago, so I thought I’d take an earlier train and grab breakfast in Yonago. Well, the short train to Yonago was delayed enough that I only had 30 minutes until my next train so I still ended up eating breakfast from 7 Eleven. By the time I got back to the train station, I found out the train to Okayama was also delayed. Well it was a nice calm ride back to Okayama, a place I’d been many times before. I decided to stay in a nicer hotel, though and my room at … Continue reading Japan Day 30: Okayama<\/span>