A sandwich. <\/span><\/p>\n A soft, chewy, delicious sandwich.<\/span><\/p>\n Dammit.<\/p>\n Now I’ve got this rough spot on my teeth that I can’t stop rubbing with my tongue. So now my tongue is sore. The tooth doesn’t hurt at all.<\/p>\n The travel details are probably dull, but I’ll go over them anyway. I left Nara at about 11:30, got to Kyoto at 12:30, chipped my tooth at Isetan in Kyoto at 1:00, hopped on the shinkansen<\/em> to Okayama at 1:21, changed trains to the RailStar at Okayama at 2:45, and arrived in Hiroshima at 3:36.<\/p>\n The Railstar trains are nice. It’s 2×2 seating, just like the Green Cars on the Tokaido shinkansen<\/em>. I haven’t ridden in any Green Cars at all. (Green Cars are the first class section of the shinkansen<\/em>.) I got the regular JR Pass to save $200, and I can reserve seats just fine. Also, the seats are pretty roomy and comfortable in the regular reserved cars.<\/p>\n When I got to Hiroshima, I wandered around the area a bit trying to get to my hotel.<\/p>\n And here’s a travel tip for those of you thinking about going to Japan– if the brochure says it takes X minutes from M Station, then take X and multiply it by the two times the number of bags you’re carrying<\/strong>. I’ve got 3 bags, technically, so it took me 6 minutes to find the hotel 1 minute away from the station. If it’s not near the station, I strongly<\/em> recommend a cab if you have heavy bags. This place is right by the station, so no cab was needed. But in other places, it’s worth it to spend 1,000-1,500 yen on a cab to save your precious time and sanity.<\/p>\n I have a wonderful view here– I’m about 10 stories up, right by the river in front of JR Hiroshima Station. But I’m in the tiniest room ever<\/em>. It does have some nice amenities but it’s tiny as all get-out. Hotel Kawashima, 6,300 yen a night, and the rooms have everything you need, except space. And it smells a little bit like men’s hair care products.<\/p>\n Photos!<\/p>\n This is probably the smallest hotel room yet for me (pardon the mess):<\/p>\n But the view is pretty cool. Just don’t fall out of the window!<\/p>\n Tomorrow I’ll try to see the Peace Park and visit Miyajima in one day because that’s all the time I have here. I’m going to scope out some places on the Internet and see if I can find a comfy room for Thursday Night that will help me forget my tooth for a while.<\/p>\n Speaking of which, does anyone know how to say Dental Wax in Japanese?<\/p>\n At least my dentist has e-mail. Maybe he’ll get back to me sometime tonight or early tomorrow with some ideas.<\/p>\n I’m a little woozy, too. Probably another migraine, or something like that.<\/p>\n Oh, and chocolate coronets are fun to eat. Something\u00c2\u00a0 else I learned at Isetan.<\/p>\n Tonight, I’m just going to relax in my room and get some food at the department store. I’m sure I can find one.<\/p>\n I hope I don’t break any more teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chipped Teeth on Rye. I made it to Hiroshima just now. And I somehow managed to chip one of my teeth on a sandwich. A sandwich. A soft, chewy, delicious sandwich. Dammit. Now I’ve got this rough spot on my teeth that I can’t stop rubbing with my tongue. So now my tongue is sore. 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