With our last day we got to the station (running into even more Stanford people in the food court) and dithered on what to do for long enough we missed all the major trains to nearby sights so we decided to take a free boat ride around the city (apparently paid for by the tourist bureau). It was a nice break with a nice breeze, although the city isn�ft that impressive from the water. We had lunch on the river bank, then wandered around the area. There was a flea market along the river bank, which was interesting, but next to it was a �gstone fair�h where on an impulse you could buy a huge statue of Kannon, or a boy peeing, or a bizarre chair shaped like a naked woman. Of course these were in the hundreds to thousands of dollars, over to Bizan-san, a mountain that we took a cable car up and hiked down. Once again a beautiful view.

We ate at this nice sushi restaurant at the foot of the mountain, then faced ourselves with the eternal question: what to do with our last night of Golden Week? Of course, there�fs only one answer: all-night karaoke. It�fs cheaper than staying in a ryokan, and besides, sleep is overrated.