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The train to Otsuki, pronounced Oat-Ski!	Clint, Somara, Jamie, and I get to know each other very well in the train.	I wish I could sleep this soundly in my BED, much less on a crowded train.
A bundle of sticks and logs. Whatever for?	A cool view from the main street.	I pose like a weirdo in front of kids in kimonos. Or are they yukatas? Well, this is the internet. I'm sure someone will delight in correcting me.
Cute children with alien antennae.	Alien child on a firetruck. Kawaii!	Chocolate bananas! Available in every color of a pink, blue, and brown rainbow!
This child understands more about life in Japan than I do.	Clint cross-trains for his climb up Fuji.	Rebecca and Somara smile before a parade of policemen.
Please note that this is a huge honking pile of meat rotating around a stick.	Some kids carry something that looks heavy!	Some kids ask us for money! We donate to the cause, but I'm pretty sure I saw them run off and spend it on hookers and beer.
We pose in front of a western restaurant. I had a taco salad. This marks my best culinary day in Japan.	Men in white rush to pour dirt all over the street.	I try to catch a shot of their cool Ninja Turtle Feet Shoes.
Important-san starts a fire.	The fire towers over us!	We're told they make these fires to appease the Mt. Fuji Gods into not exploding for another year.
I appreciate their efforts. I do not take kindly to liquid hot mag-ma.	Anime cotton candy!	That guy doesn't look too "HAPPI" to me! HAHAHAHA! *sigh* Look it up.
This is a person.	He or she is doing a movement that could be called a dance. Are you happy now, youtube historians?	Amanda, me, Fred, and Clint pose for an Awkward Expression Photo Contest. I think we won, guys!
These endless days are finally ending in a blaze / and we are caught in the fire / the point of no return / so we will walk through the fire / and let it burn!	Just pretend I'm not here, guys!	We walked 10 minutes out of our way to follow a crowd to a temple that was giving out free sake. Turns out the crowd WE were following was to the parking lot. This is us memorializing the momentous occasion.
This kid was hopping over the fires. 'Cause he is drawn / to the fire! Okay, I'll stop.	Meeting up with our wacky east coast friends. (East coast of the prefecture)	Some people hitting a big friggin' drum.
Fire pretty.	These are Caramel Cool Ranch Doritos. They taste exactly like Cool Ranch Doritos with Caramel poured on them. Think what you want, but they are delectable.	A sign outside the train, only viewable by people on the train. "Why don't you take train on the way back to your home." Thanks for the advice, Sign!