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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/hokkaido.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-11-05 (3 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>sapporo, hokkaido-jingu + hitsujigaoka</li>
+<li>shikotsuko</li>
+<li>noboribetsu onsen</li>
+<li>toyako night and morning bath</li>
+<li>rainy drive home</li>
+<li>rainy otaru</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/hokkaido.md b/src/inc/hokkaido.md
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+---
+date: 2023-11-05 (3 days)
+---
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* sapporo, hokkaido-jingu + hitsujigaoka
+* shikotsuko
+* noboribetsu onsen
+* toyako night and morning bath
+* rainy drive home
+* rainy otaru
+
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/ibaraki.htm b/src/inc/ibaraki.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/ibaraki.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-07-08 (3 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>drive through chiba</li>
+<li>daibutsu</li>
+<li>cheap hotel stay in oarai</li>
+<li>kajima</li>
+<li>stag-themed football team</li>
+<li>first time seico mart</li>
+<li>asking for a spoon for choco spread</li>
+<li>old cherry blossom tree in chiba</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/ibaraki.md b/src/inc/ibaraki.md
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+---
+date: 2023-07-08 (3 days)
+---
+
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* drive through chiba
+* daibutsu
+* cheap hotel stay in oarai
+* kajima
+* stag-themed football team
+* first time seico mart
+* asking for a spoon for choco spread
+* old cherry blossom tree in chiba
+
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/index.htm b/src/inc/index.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, do not edit -->
+<ul class="col2 captial">
+<li><a href="/site/about.html">about</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/hokkaido.html">hokkaido</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/ibaraki.html">ibaraki</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/index.html">index</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/japan.html">japan</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/kamakura.html">kamakura</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/niigata.html">niigata</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/nikko.html">nikko</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/shikoku.html">shikoku</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/toyama.html">toyama</a></li>
+<li><a href="/site/yamanashi.html">yamanashi</a></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/src/inc/japan.htm b/src/inc/japan.htm
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+<p>In 2023 I went to Japan for 12 months</p>
+<p>This was my third time in the country after a short one week stay in Tokyo in 2014 and
+	a longer 2 month trip in 2018.</p>
+<p>The linked pages document the trips I did while there</p>
+<ul class="capital">
+	<li>{kamakura}</li>
+	<li>{nikko}</li>
+	<li>{yamanashi}</li>
+	<li>{niigata}</li>
+	<li>{ibaraki}</li>
+	<li>{toyama}</li>
+	<li>{shikoku}</li>
+	<li>{hokkaido}</li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/src/inc/kamakura.htm b/src/inc/kamakura.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/kamakura.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-04-22
+</span>
+<p><img src="../../media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg"
+style="max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;" /></p>
+<p>I call this one “trip zero”, because it was very much a trial run for
+me. The effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still
+fresh and I altogether didn’t feel like exploring quite yet.</p>
+<!-- TODO: look at diary for this previous section -->
+<p>Kamakura being a common day-trip from Tokyo, I took the train from my
+home near Asakusa past Yokohama which only takes 1.5h. The weather was
+pretty meh, very cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment.</p>
+<aside class="notice">
+<h1 class="nocapital">
+random history sidenote
+</h1>
+TODO: insert bit about history of the place
+</aside>
+<p>The main sight in town (according to most guide books at least) is
+the big Buddha<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1"
+role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a>. Naturally I wanted to get that out
+of the way first.</p>
+<p>I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the
+next Lawson to get myself some. For some reason I decided to get a
+Katsu-Sandwich<a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref2"
+role="doc-noteref"><sup>2</sup></a>, which is out of character for me -
+I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby.
+Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should’ve been
+hint enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes
+dashing down past my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for
+the bird to come back to actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this
+time around.</p>
+<p>There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead
+just waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I
+just walk off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit
+😄</p>
+<p>On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through
+plastic umbrellas <a href="#fn3" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref3"
+role="doc-noteref"><sup>3</sup></a> outside what looked like a beauty
+saloon, with a sign telling passer-bys to take one (in Japanese ofc). I
+guess the visibly imminent rain made the shop keeper put them out there
+for tourists (conveniently helping him get rid of <em>what was probably
+left behind by his own clients</em>). Naturally I picked one up: This
+umbrella would be with me for the next months.</p>
+<p>There isn’t really that much to say about the big Buddha, in the end
+it’s just a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee).</p>
+<p>Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I
+wanted to get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let
+to the temple <!-- TODO: what temple --> area. A bit further I came to
+some stairs next to one of the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura
+city area, that cut through the surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me
+there was a hiking path up there, which I could take to circle back
+towards the train station.</p>
+<!-- TODO: trail map? -->
+<section id="footnotes" class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document"
+role="doc-endnotes">
+<hr />
+<ol>
+<li id="fn1"><p>??? <!-- TODO: insert link to wikipedia --><a
+href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn2"><p>??? <!-- TODO: link to picture --><a href="#fnref2"
+class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn3"><p>??? <!-- TODO: add picture link --><a href="#fnref3"
+class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+</ol>
+</section>
diff --git a/src/inc/kamakura.md b/src/inc/kamakura.md
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+---
+date: 2023-04-22
+---
+
+![](../../media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg){style="max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;"}
+
+I call this one "trip zero", because it was very much a trial run for me. The
+effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still fresh and I 
+altogether didn't feel like exploring quite yet.
+
+<!-- TODO: look at diary for this previous section -->
+
+Kamakura being a common day-trip from Tokyo, I took the train from my home near 
+Asakusa past Yokohama which only takes 1.5h. The weather was pretty meh, very 
+cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment.
+
+<aside class="notice">
+<h1 class="nocapital">random history sidenote</h1>
+
+TODO: insert bit about history of the place
+</aside>
+
+The main sight in town (according to most guide books at least) is the big
+Buddha[^buddha]. Naturally I wanted to get that out of the way first.
+
+[^buddha]: ??? <!-- TODO: insert link to wikipedia --> 
+
+I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the next 
+Lawson to get myself some.
+For some reason I decided to get a Katsu-Sandwich[^sando], which is out of 
+character for me - I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby.
+Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should've been hint 
+enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes dashing down past
+my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for the bird to come back to 
+actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this time around.
+
+[^sando]: ??? <!-- TODO: link to picture --> 
+
+There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead just 
+waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I just walk 
+off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit 😄
+
+On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through plastic 
+umbrellas [^umbrella] outside what looked like a beauty saloon, with a sign 
+telling passer-bys  to take one (in Japanese ofc). I guess the visibly imminent 
+rain made the  shop keeper put them out there for tourists (conveniently helping 
+him get rid of *what was probably left behind by his own clients*). Naturally I 
+picked one up: This umbrella would be with me for the next months.
+
+[^umbrella]: ??? <!-- TODO: add picture link -->
+
+There isn't really that much to say about the big Buddha, in the end it's just 
+a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee).
+
+Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I wanted to
+get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let to the temple 
+<!-- TODO: what temple -->
+area. A bit further I came to some stairs next to one of
+the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura city area, that cut through the
+surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me there was a hiking path up there, which
+I could take to circle back towards the train station.
+
+<!-- TODO: trail map? --> 
diff --git a/src/inc/meta.nav.htm b/src/inc/meta.nav.htm
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+<details open>
+  <summary>menu</summary>
+  <section class="site-nav">
+    <section>
+      <ul class="nobull capital">
+        <li>{about}</li>
+        <li>{japan}</li>
+      </ul>
+    </section>
+    <section>
+      <h2>meta</h2>
+      <ul class="nobull capital">
+        <li>{index}</li>
+      </ul>
+    </section>
+  </section>
+</details>
diff --git a/src/inc/meta.tilde.cv.htm b/src/inc/meta.tilde.cv.htm
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+https://example.com
diff --git a/src/inc/meta.tilde.pgp.htm b/src/inc/meta.tilde.pgp.htm
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inc/meta.tilde.pgp.htm
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+https://meta.sr.ht/~robertgzr.pgp
diff --git a/src/inc/meta.tilde.ssh.htm b/src/inc/meta.tilde.ssh.htm
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inc/meta.tilde.ssh.htm
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+https://meta.sr.ht/~robertgzr.keys
diff --git a/src/inc/meta.tilde.thesis.htm b/src/inc/meta.tilde.thesis.htm
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+++ b/src/inc/meta.tilde.thesis.htm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/kinvolk/cgnet/tree/e193f748829a7fefe3d2b6944717e43862a7f5ae
diff --git a/src/inc/niigata.htm b/src/inc/niigata.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/niigata.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-06-08 (4 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>shinkansen to niigata</li>
+<li>rental car</li>
+<li>eating seaweed soba</li>
+<li>damaging the car at curb when leaving restaurant</li>
+<li>gorge + tunnel</li>
+<li>instagram spot w/ circular window</li>
+<li>footbath w/ circular ceiling window</li>
+<li>guy falls asleep in his car in the middle of the road</li>
+<li>bath hunting in the morning</li>
+<li>empty sky resort</li>
+<li>awesome little bath next w/ view on shinkansen tracks</li>
+<li>onigiri snacks in lawson parking lot</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/niigata.md b/src/inc/niigata.md
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+---
+date: 2023-06-08 (4 days)
+---
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* shinkansen to niigata
+* rental car
+* eating seaweed soba
+* damaging the car at curb when leaving restaurant
+* gorge + tunnel
+* instagram spot w/ circular window
+* footbath w/ circular ceiling window
+* guy falls asleep in his car in the middle of the road
+* bath hunting in the morning
+* empty sky resort
+* awesome little bath next w/ view on shinkansen tracks
+* onigiri snacks in lawson parking lot
+
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/nikko.htm b/src/inc/nikko.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/nikko.md :) -->
+<section class="table-of-contents">
+<nav class="capital">
+<ol>
+<a href="#top">back to top</a>
+<li>
+<a href="#exploring-nikkō" id="toc-exploring-nikkō">exploring nikkō</a>
+</li>
+</ol>
+</nav>
+</section>
+<span class="date">
+2023-04-30 (2 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO: header picture? -->
+<p>Before leaving home I had gotten myself an international Drivers
+License, that gives you a permit to drive in many countries (outside the
+EU) for up to 3 years. It only costs 15 EUR in Berlin and I had set the
+soft goal of driving in Japan at least once.</p>
+<aside class="notice">
+The international Drivers License, as it will turn out later, was
+entirely unnecessary for me.
+</aside>
+<p>For my first destination I chose <a
+href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D">Nikkō</a>, another
+common day trip destination from Tokyo that I had not done and
+conveniently located along the Tōhoku Shinkansen line. My plan was to
+take the train to Utsunomiya, rent a car from there and continue towards
+Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the shores of
+Chuzenji-ko.</p>
+<p>So I start the day nice and early on one of the first trains out of
+Ueno terminal. It’s another grey morning in Tokyo with the weather
+forecast promising sunshine for the next day at least. When I arrive in
+Utsunomiya though, none of that is in sight at all. Quite on the
+contrary it is pouring down as I leave the station building. Luckily I
+have my umbrella from the last trip with me, so I quickly orient myself
+and find the tiny Toyota Rent-A-Car office not far from the station.</p>
+<!-- TODO: look at line spacing when using footnotes -->
+<p>At this point my biggest fear is the interaction with the staff
+there. I am very much aware that I don’t speak enough Japanese<a
+href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1"
+role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a> and they won’t be super competent in
+English<a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref2"
+role="doc-noteref"><sup>2</sup></a> for us to be much of any help to
+each other, should there be issues with my reservation or documents.</p>
+<p>So I enter the store and approach the woman at the counter with my
+phone in hand to show her the reservation code. I was not aware at the
+time, that Toyota also has a version of their website in English, but
+because I booked through the local version the emails I received were
+all in Japanese as well. She confirms my booking through her computer
+and asks me for my passport and license, so I confidently give her
+those, including the International license. I know immediately that
+something is wrong. Her expression of confusion when she sees the
+admittedly pretty retro looking license says it all: This won’t do.</p>
+<p>She goes to the back and after some back and forth she returns with
+another woman, who I interpret to be her superior. She asks if I have a
+translation of my drivers license into Japanese. Now it is my turn to be
+confused. I simply point at the International license she is still
+holding, but am well aware that it isn’t a <em>Japanese</em> translation
+at all.</p>
+<p>So rather than a car, I only receive a polite “sorry” and have my
+booking fee refunded to me. I come back out into the rain with no idea
+how to even get to my hotel later and if it even makes sense to go at
+all.</p>
+<p>I reconvene to the station Starbucks to do some research on what
+acutally went wrong. I figure out that some countries (among them
+Germany) don’t actually need anything more than a translation of the
+local drivers license into Japanese issued by the JAF<a href="#fn3"
+class="footnote-ref" id="fnref3" role="doc-noteref"><sup>3</sup></a>.
+This costs ¥4000 and takes up to 2 weeks (according to their website).
+So there is no way I can work this out today.</p>
+<aside class="notice">
+I applied to receive a translation on the same day from that Starbucks
+and received the notification the next week. It seems that 2 weeks is a
+very conservative estimate. A curious details is that you don’t receive
+a PDF, but instead a button to issue 7ELEVEN “Net Print Service” codes
+(that are one-time use only), which you then take to a convenience store
+and print out on their printer.
+</aside>
+<p>Now that I am dependend on public transport my schedule is a lot more
+constricting. The hotel I booked is served by a bus that runs every
+hour, though only until 1800. This means I have to be careful how I
+spend time around today’s destination: <a
+href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D">Tōshō-gū
+et al</a></p>
+<h2 id="exploring-nikkō">exploring nikkō</h2>
+<!--
+- check diary (i think i kept one around that time)
+- pouring rain
+- wanted rent car
+- german international drivers license doesn't work in japan
+- ordered japanese translation from starbucks in uchinomiya?
+- decided to move on with trains
+- explored temple grounds in nikko
+- last bus to hotel
+- ordered dinner into the room - gyudon
+- bath looking onto drive way
+- simple japanese breakfast
+- didn't take free bus to station
+- senjogahara (lol monogatari)
+- walked along lake shore
+- twin-dragon falls(?)
+- walk through national park(?)
+- was a bit afraid because of the bear signs
+- recorded my walk through the "wet lands"
+- 20km covered on foot that day
+- took the bus back from onsen town (need to find name)
+- express train from nikko -> ueno, forgot to get express ticket and had no
+cash, conductor was annoyed but i could stay on board until tokyo bc it was all
+that was next stop anyway
+
+travel notes:
+- shinkansen from ueno
+- train to nikko
+- bus to hotel
+- walking to senjogahara
+- bus to nikko
+- express train to ueno
+-->
+<section id="footnotes" class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document"
+role="doc-endnotes">
+<hr />
+<ol>
+<li id="fn1"><p>hardly any tbh<a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back"
+role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li id="fn2"><p>unless you are lucky, which I will be today<a
+href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+<li
+id="fn3"><p>https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas<a
+href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
+</ol>
+</section>
diff --git a/src/inc/nikko.md b/src/inc/nikko.md
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+---
+date: 2023-04-30 (2 days)
+toc: true
+---
+
+<!-- TODO: header picture? -->
+
+Before leaving home I had gotten myself an international Drivers License, that
+gives you a permit to drive in many countries (outside the EU) for up to 3 years. 
+It only costs 15 EUR in Berlin and I had set the soft goal of driving in Japan
+at least once.
+
+<aside class="notice">
+The international Drivers License, as it will turn out later,  was entirely
+unnecessary for me.
+</aside>
+
+For my first destination I chose [Nikkō], another common day trip destination
+from Tokyo that I had not done and conveniently located along the Tōhoku 
+Shinkansen line. My plan was to take the train to Utsunomiya, rent a car from
+there and continue towards Nikkō, with the eventual goal being a hotel at the 
+shores of Chuzenji-ko.
+
+[Nikkō]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D
+
+So I start the day nice and early on one of the first trains out of Ueno
+terminal. It's another grey morning in Tokyo with the weather forecast
+promising sunshine for the next day at least. When I arrive in Utsunomiya
+though, none of that is in sight at all. Quite on the contrary it is pouring
+down as I leave the station building. Luckily I have my umbrella from the last
+trip with me, so I quickly orient myself and find the tiny Toyota Rent-A-Car
+office not far from the station.
+
+<!-- TODO: look at line spacing when using footnotes -->
+At this point my biggest fear is the interaction with the staff there. I am
+very much aware that I don't speak enough Japanese^[hardly any tbh] and they
+won't be super competent in English^[unless you are lucky, which I will be
+today] for us to be much of
+any help to each other, should there be issues with my reservation or
+documents.
+
+So I enter the store and approach the woman at the counter with my phone in
+hand to show her the reservation code. I was not aware at the time, that Toyota
+also has a version of their website in English, but because I booked through
+the local version the emails I received were all in Japanese as well.
+She confirms my booking through her computer and asks me for my passport and
+license, so I confidently give her those, including the International license.
+I know immediately that something is wrong. Her expression of confusion when
+she sees the admittedly pretty retro looking license says it all: This won't
+do.
+
+She goes to the back and after some back and forth she returns with another 
+woman, who I interpret to be her superior. She asks if I have a translation of
+my drivers license into Japanese. Now it is my turn to be confused. I simply
+point at the International license she is still holding, but am well aware that
+it isn't a _Japanese_ translation at all.
+
+So rather than a car, I only receive a polite "sorry" and have my booking fee
+refunded to me. I come back out into the rain with no idea how to even get to
+my hotel later and if it even makes sense to go at all.
+
+I reconvene to the station Starbucks to do some research on what acutally went
+wrong. I figure out that some countries (among them Germany) don't actually
+need anything more than a translation of the local drivers license into
+Japanese issued by the JAF[^jaf]. This costs ¥4000 and takes up to 2 weeks
+(according to their website). So there is no way I can work this out today.
+
+[^jaf]: https://english.jaf.or.jp/driving-in-japan/drive-in-japan/about-dltas
+
+<aside class="notice">
+I applied to receive a translation on the same day from that Starbucks and
+received the notification the next week. It seems that 2 weeks is a very
+conservative estimate. A curious details is that you don't receive a PDF, but instead a button to
+issue 7ELEVEN "Net Print Service" codes (that are one-time use only), which you
+then take to a convenience store and print out on their printer.
+</aside>
+
+Now that I am dependend on public transport my schedule is a lot more
+constricting. The hotel I booked is served by a bus that runs every hour,
+though only until 1800. This means I have to be careful how I spend time around
+today's destination: [Tōshō-gū et al]
+
+[Tōshō-gū et al]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D
+
+## exploring nikkō
+
+<!--
+- check diary (i think i kept one around that time)
+- pouring rain
+- wanted rent car
+- german international drivers license doesn't work in japan
+- ordered japanese translation from starbucks in uchinomiya?
+- decided to move on with trains
+- explored temple grounds in nikko
+- last bus to hotel
+- ordered dinner into the room - gyudon
+- bath looking onto drive way
+- simple japanese breakfast
+- didn't take free bus to station
+- senjogahara (lol monogatari)
+- walked along lake shore
+- twin-dragon falls(?)
+- walk through national park(?)
+- was a bit afraid because of the bear signs
+- recorded my walk through the "wet lands"
+- 20km covered on foot that day
+- took the bus back from onsen town (need to find name)
+- express train from nikko -> ueno, forgot to get express ticket and had no
+cash, conductor was annoyed but i could stay on board until tokyo bc it was all
+that was next stop anyway
+
+travel notes:
+- shinkansen from ueno
+- train to nikko
+- bus to hotel
+- walking to senjogahara
+- bus to nikko
+- express train to ueno
+-->
diff --git a/src/inc/shikoku.htm b/src/inc/shikoku.htm
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+++ b/src/inc/shikoku.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/shikoku.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-10-01 (3 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>shikoku loop</li>
+<li>awaji</li>
+<li>awa-ikeda</li>
+<li>nagoro</li>
+<li>kochi + castle</li>
+<li>tengu-highlands</li>
+<li>kanonji</li>
+<li>takamatsu</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/shikoku.md b/src/inc/shikoku.md
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+---
+date: 2023-10-01 (3 days)
+---
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* shikoku loop
+* awaji
+* awa-ikeda
+* nagoro
+* kochi + castle
+* tengu-highlands
+* kanonji
+* takamatsu
+
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/toyama.htm b/src/inc/toyama.htm
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+++ b/src/inc/toyama.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/toyama.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-07-21 (3 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>toyama</li>
+<li>kurobe gorge</li>
+<li>hida-takayama</li>
+<li>shirakawa-go</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
+<ul>
+<li>shinkansen to kurobe-onsen</li>
+<li>local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC)</li>
+<li>local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC)</li>
+<li>local train to toyama</li>
+<li>car rental</li>
+<li>drive to hida-takayama</li>
+<li>drive to shirakawa-go</li>
+<li>drive to toyama</li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/src/inc/toyama.md b/src/inc/toyama.md
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+++ b/src/inc/toyama.md
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+---
+date: 2023-07-21 (3 days)
+---
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* toyama
+* kurobe gorge
+* hida-takayama
+* shirakawa-go
+
+<!-- trip notes -->
+* shinkansen to kurobe-onsen
+* local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC)
+* local train to kurobe-onsen (no IC)
+* local train to toyama
+* car rental
+* drive to hida-takayama
+* drive to shirakawa-go
+* drive to toyama
diff --git a/src/inc/yamanashi.htm b/src/inc/yamanashi.htm
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+++ b/src/inc/yamanashi.htm
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+<!-- Generated file, you may edit and discard src/inc/yamanashi.md :) -->
+<span class="date">
+2023-05-20 (4 days)
+</span>
+<!-- TODO -->
+<ul>
+<li>shinkansen to fuji</li>
+<li>first time rental car</li>
+<li>first time driving left-hand traffic</li>
+<li>minobu(?)</li>
+<li>climbing minobu san</li>
+<li>down in cable car</li>
+<li>drive into valley</li>
+<li>blue lake + cable bridge</li>
+<li>sleeping in the parking lot</li>
+<li>other car makes me nervous</li>
+<li>sleep rhythm adjusts to daylight</li>
+<li>morning bath in empress bath</li>
+<li>across to lake mototsu</li>
+<li>???</li>
+<li>mt fuji shows at sunset</li>
+<li>sleeping with frog/circada concert in lawson parking lot</li>
+<li>morning bath</li>
+<li>maglev test track</li>
+<li>70s playlist</li>
+<li>yamanaka-ko + yuru camp spot</li>
+<li>explosions or excavator?</li>
+<li>gotemba katsu break</li>
+<li>views of the rice fields</li>
+<li>numasu</li>
+<li>hustling along izu noth shore hunting sunset spot</li>
+<li>refueling in the sticks</li>
+<li>sleeping near llsunshine beach/ ministop parking lot</li>
+<li>back to fuji in the morning</li>
+<li>harassed waiting for bath time?</li>
+<li>stuck in traffic</li>
+<li>when did i visit the shrine in north fuji?</li>
+</ul>
+<!-- trip notes -->
diff --git a/src/inc/yamanashi.md b/src/inc/yamanashi.md
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+---
+date: 2023-05-20 (4 days)
+---
+
+<!-- TODO -->
+* shinkansen to fuji
+* first time rental car
+* first time driving left-hand traffic
+* minobu(?)
+* climbing minobu san
+* down in cable car
+* drive into valley
+* blue lake + cable bridge
+* sleeping in the parking lot
+* other car makes me nervous
+* sleep rhythm adjusts to daylight
+* morning bath in empress bath
+* across to lake mototsu
+* ???
+* mt fuji shows at sunset
+* sleeping with frog/circada concert in lawson parking lot
+* morning bath
+* maglev test track
+* 70s playlist
+* yamanaka-ko + yuru camp spot
+* explosions or excavator?
+* gotemba katsu break
+* views of the rice fields
+* numasu
+* hustling along izu noth shore hunting sunset spot
+* refueling in the sticks
+* sleeping near llsunshine beach/ ministop parking lot
+* back to fuji in the morning
+* harassed waiting for bath time?
+* stuck in traffic
+* when did i visit the shrine in north fuji?
+
+<!-- trip notes -->