Toyota Factory Tour

Visiting the Toyota Factory Tour and museum was a highlight of the trip. It provide insight into corporate businesses and the Toyota Production System.

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Ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima

Our exploration of Yakushima had been intense and exciting, pushing us to the limits and rewarding us with natural beauty and exploration of the wild. One of the few things we did not expect to see were cows, especially not as we were getting on to the ferry to go back to Kagoshima.

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Turtles of Yakushima

Turtles being turtles, they only come ashore during the night; continuing our crazy streak we went out in a torrential downpour to watch them.

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Volcanic Sakurajima

We were off to Dinosaur park on Sakurajima Island. Urban camping at, which then came with 2 story location, pet hawk, and viewing of a Submarine.

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Beppu’s various Onsen

We were ready for a relaxing bath and Beppu was just the place to find one; being famous for the largest concentration of onsen and rotenburos in Japan.

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Industrial Osaka

We had yet to visit Osaka; we had a couple of attractions we wanted to visit; the Tempozan Ferris Wheel, Umeda Sky Garden, and the Cup on Noodle Museum.

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