Roadside Station Dinosaur Valley Katsuyama in Fukui Prefecture

We stopped by Roadside Station Dinosaur Valley Katsuyama in Fukui on our way to the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. The roadside station itself was open 24 hours a day. The store and little cafĂ© area opened up at 9:00. With Dinosaur Valley in its name, it was not surprising to find dinosaurs everywhere. It was […]

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Hokuriku Road Trip Day #1

With a three day weekend looming, we decided to go on a Hokuriku Road Trip and push ourselves to the limit. I can say with a high degree of confidence that we did just that. Our road trip would take us to the Hokuriku region of Japan. Our main goal was to meet with some […]

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Yokokawa Service Area in Gunma

We made our first stop of the morning at the Yokokawa Service Area in Gunma Prefecture. It was 5:30 in the morning and about 2 hours and 30 minutes into our trip. The service area was really big. There were over 250 parking spaces as well as a large area for trucks and buses. It […]

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