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[Date] 06/30/06 [Destination] Aomori City [Distance] 585KM [# Vehicles] 22 [Highlights of trip] 
Photos left to right: A truck carrying heavy steel girders that took me as far as Sakata City in Yamatata Perfecture, a view of Mount Chokai between Yamagata and Akita Prefectures, and two young men who took me a short distance. On the way up north, 5 ladies in a row offered me a ride, and two of them had children under 5 years old with them (one was an infant). I accepted a ride from only 3 of them because the other two were not going very far. In Sakata City Yamagata Prefecture, two policemen approached me and wrote down all my legal information. I happened to be hitchhiking in front of the police station and they saw me! There was no problem with me hitchhiking. They were merely checking for visa over stayers and were very friendly. The first night I got as far as Akita City. The last man to pick me up said he biked from NYC to San Francisco. It took him 2 months. He said he had a pleasant experience in the USA until the very end when he was knifed and robbed. In Aomori I met a young man named Aki who spoke good English and who says he majored in anthropology in college. I asked Aki if the theory of evolution is related to anthropology and he replied yes. You can imagine what a fun time I had debunking that false old fashion outdated 19th. so called "science" of Darwin to Aki! He of course heard all the arguments for Creationism before and proceeded to ask me theological questions like, "What is God's Name?". Aki took me as far as Odate in Akita Prefecture. This trip was nearly as long a distance as the one I made on June 22, but unfortunately had to abort hitchhiking part way on the return trip due to heavy rain in Akita Prefecture.
Hitchhiking in Japan Log
Highlights of trip