Looking back

It seems like ages ago but it has only been 4 years. My solo trip through Japan the whole month of March back in 2010.
During that month I chose Tokyo as my base for 3 weeks and Kyoto for 1 week, from those two cities I explored around. Being alone I didn't feel much like doing a backpackers trip. I dragged a large suitcase behind me with way too many unnecessities and kept on buying many things I didn't really need either but really wanted any way.
I never got lost, miraculously, except for my first night in Kyoto. I remember having full conversations with grandmothers in the shinkansen, while now I hardly speak Japanese anymore and my conversation skills have dropped significantly. Somehow I got by extremely easily all by myself in Japan, so I am not worried about the 4 months in Kyoto.
I could write down many stories and crazy anecdotes about just that 1 month in Japan, but I already did that once, all in dutch which you can find here:
http://evitadevos.waarbenjij.nu/reisverslagen/238850/solo-reis-japan/1

-Chuu-
Evita