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[Date] 07/16/07 [Destination] Shirazawa Akita Prefecture to Niigata City [Distance] 510KM [# Vehicles] 2 [Highlights of trip] 
Mr. Yanagihara (51) and his fiance (23). They took me home from Fukushima. This morning I faced another long hitchhike back to Niigata city from Aomori. I decided to take a train part way bright and early in the morning to get to a road where it would be more likely to get a good ride. God blessed my efforts and the first car that picked me up said he was going all the way to Saitama near Tokyo on the expressway! This route is about 130 kilometers longer than traveling on highway route 7 but it's much faster because it's an expressway with no traffic lights! He took me to Adatara SA just before Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture. After waiting some 20 minutes, a man with his girlfriend picked me up going to the very town in Niigata I call home! He took me to the train station closest to my house where I had my bicycle parked. From there it was only a 5 minute ride by bike back home. I arrived home at 4:30 PM, six hours earlier than I did the previous week coming from the same location!
Hitchhiking in Japan Log
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