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March 1, 2018. The day has finally arrived when I will depart for my journey. My wife Betsy and I awoke early (3 AM) nervous about the coming months. She will be staying behind working furiously during tax season while I will be off to Japan in search of .... I'm not sure. Everyone has been so encouraging of this trip. Yet I am still not sure what is compelling me to carry a 15 kg pack for the next two months on a 1200 km hike around the island of Shikoku. My gear is all packed. I had coffee with my morning group. And now I wait for my friend George to pick me up and take me to the airport. I have four flights to reach my destination of Tokushima (Madison-Denver-LA-Tokyo-Tokushima). I won’t arrive until 10 AM March 3 local time. I have a room at the Toyoko Inn Tokushima Ekimae for Saturday night. Since I can’t check in until 4 pm I plan to visit the Naruto whirlpools if the weather is good.
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