Ok, we’re all back in New Zealand, so now I’ll have a a chance to catch up on blog posts covering the last week of the trip. For today we spin the clock back to April 3rd where the mission was to get to Hamamatsu (where we were to spend the night) and out to Omaezaki to meet up with family that had the dubious honour of hosting Nicola during her first trip to Japan 8 years ago.
The only way to start the day – a large bottle of non homo milk:
After breakfast (which was actually cereal and strawberries with the non homo milk) we packed up and left our awesome Tour Club accommodation and took the slower Kodama Shinkansen (bullet train) since we were stopping at the less touristy destination of Hamamatsu. And when I say “slow” it’s all relative ’cause it still tops out at 300 km/h
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So from the moment they caught up, these two were jabbering away in Japanese – needless to say I was completely lost:
Then the rest of the family joined in:
Everyone was acting a little crazy, playing dodge the waves:
But I’m figuring the insanity was brought on by the wind. Lots of it. Good for these guys I suppose:
But not so flash on the hair:
Back into Hamamatsu and out to dinner with the cool kids where the cool kids like to go – Italian buffet. Very traditional. It was good, but as I’ve already said, food photos are being saved for a lter post. The parking building though doesn’t need to be saved for later, so check this out – it appears that people in Japan knows how to park correctly – everyone reverses into their parks 
To finish up, I spotted this comedy duo just down from where we parked – one of Daihatsu’s Kei-Cars, the Mira Cocoa, alongside the similarly small and economical Hummer H2..
