it’s been a week so far in japan. i absolutely love this country. we’ve been to many places already and now only two weeks remain. we’ve been staying in misato (rie’s hometown in saitama-ken) with her family and it has been so great. we are now about to take a light jog this morning – this post is actually being made at 6:30 am on sunday since japan is 16 hours ahead of LA. time to wrap up the post so we can hit the road before mikuchan and hirokun wake up! jaa mata ne…