Tatebayashi

Tickets in grubby hands, we arrive in Narita late afternoon of the 20th. 2 solid weeks of small-town goodness, coming right up =D

I lived here for a year as an exchange student. Great little city (little only by Japanese standards, about 100,000 people) at a comfortable distance from Tokyo (~2 hrs by train or car). If you go, try to find out when the azaleas are blooming as this is the city flower and they have a very impressive city park full of them!