I woke up early in Tochigi and had to get the earliest train to get to Oyama Station and back to Tokyo.

Mita station -> Oyama station -> Tokyo Station (via Shinkansen) -> Shinjuku station.

Once I got to Shinjuku station, I walked to the Capsule hotel, took a bath and repacked my luggage.

I was also meeting my wife’s friend who is teaching English in Japan. Since Shinjuku was so large, she got lost and I was delayed to my trains. When we finally met, I gave her the gifts my wife packed, but in return, Adail gave us tons of stuff! I was rushing, but I had to give it a few minutes to thank her and apologize.

I had to apologize to my Takamatsu brothers too. The delay in Shinjuku, delayed me getting to Tokyo station and the earlier Shinkansen.

I get on the Shinkansen that took me to Osaka station, I waited for another train and got to Okayama station, then took the Marine liner to Takamatsu.

This was the first time I arrived in Takamatsu during the day time.

Miyama-san and Noguchi-san met me right outside station. My rental was just across the street, but was kinda confusing at first. So Noguchi-san called them.

Udon noodle shops were closed (Shikoku special!), so we went to see some used toys.

After some of that, we went back to Noguchi-san’s place.

Afterwards, we went to get some food!

After dinner, we said our goodbyes. Miyama-san had to drive back to Ehime (maybe 40 mins away).

Thank you brothers for a good time!!!

The last couple of times I came to Takamatsu, they were in the evening because I would arrive late.

This time, it was late, but I had just gotten done spending time with my brothers.

I decided to go walk around Takamatsu Sunport.

I started walking towards the Sunport area. It was a good night, not windy or cold. It was perfect. I remember one of the spots I wanted to go to was the Red lighthouse.

I cut through Takamatsu station.

I went across the street where Sunport Hall Takamatsu was located.

Cut through headed to the port.

Now at the “pier” section.

As I was walking back to my rental, I saw a couple of cars drive by. I was kinda excited as taking some car pictures is a good night cap.

Once I saw it was an older Toyota Hiace van and Toyota Crown, I had to ask if I could take pictures! I love these older cars.

I talked to the owner and showed them Vankulture. They were not on any SNS (Social network service aka social media). After showing them, he jumped on Instagram.

The older Hiace vans with that VIP style… that is the style I fell in love with in 2002.

After that small meeting, I walked to the local train station to check out the local train line.

Having a calming night walk and just enjoying it was pretty cool. I loved it.