This was a really fun trip to plan - a family traveling to watch a member participate in the Deaflympics, the International Olympics for Deaf People. Since they are traveling so far, they also wanted to check out Tokyo a bit, as well as the area around Ibaraki, where they are staying to be nearby to the event location.
Read MoreThese three friends wanted to experience the culture of Japan by splitting their time between Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. They'd always had an interest in it, and one of them had gone years before and stayed in hostels, but they decided that they have moved far beyond youth hostels and capsule hotels for this trip.
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