- Toyota & Osaka
- Osaka, Ikeda, & Takeda
- Takeda to Shirahama
- Shirahama
- Shirahama
- Shirahama to Kii-Tanabe
- Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage
We went from a rain forest to an automobile factory in Toyota. Yes, it’s named after the Toyoda family which owns Toyota. Val found a sign out by the water fountain that said “this is not a gargle station”. Our response was “What is a gargle station and why is there a sign against it?” It was our next mission: where/what is the gargle station and why do they have it in an automobile museum. Going into the women’s bathroom there was a random spout maybe that is it…so we had to take a video of this new and amazing contraption. The spout shot amazing tasting minty goodness into your mouth so that you could gargle it and have lovely smelling breath.
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