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Day 3 - Yokohama, Odawara Castle and Karaoke!

Photos Here Day 3 started rather late. We slept well and met up with Masaki in the afternoon. We took the train to Yokohama and went to a store "Uniqlo" to get Wayne some thermals, in preparation for our trip to Sapporo, as we will probably be outside for long periods of time and it's very cold there. The "Heattech" is Japanese technology and is very warm. They had a lot of it. They even had slacks with the technology. I'm wondering is Sapporo will be super crowded this year, since the winter olympics are taking place so nearby in South Korea. After the store, we met Masaki's friend Koji. He works in an office for studying and reducing environmental impact during construction. He works a typical 12 hour Japanese work day. Not even joking. 12 hours is the minimum people work. Because of this, they don't eat supper until after 9PM. That's the usual dinner time. Koji likes his job a lot, he said, so it doesn't bother him. Masaki talks a ...