Road Trip

My first roadtrip in Japan didn't occur without a glitch. I was late in meeting the other roadsters, then we got stuck in traffic for about 4 hours. Apparently the highway that we were supposed to use was being repaired and all traffic got detoured to a tiny road amidst the rice fields.

It turns out rice fields are very uninteresting. Who knew?!

Shiga definitely needs a face lift and some entertainment. I saw nothing of interest while driving through. Music really saves lives :). If it weren't for music today, this journey would have either gotten really exciting from the crazy things I would have done or really mindfucking boring from the nothingness around us. 

Karaoke came as an easy form of entertainment while waiting in traffic.

In the end, we made it to our destination and had some real fun - volcano / mountain trekking, playing in snow in the summer, enjoying mother and father nature. It was worth the 4 hours spent in traffic the day before :).

If you have time, I recommend visiting Tateyama  and Kurobe Dam in Japan. They are magnificent features of the earth.