Finally starting fell well rested, we got ambitious in the morning by planning a day trip to nearby Kyoto. A 90-minute train ride from our hotel at Kansai Airport (south of Osaka), Kyoto is considered the cultural hub of Japan and it features more temples and shrines than could realistically be visited in a lifetime. If you have designs of seeing Japan, allocate several days here. We did our best with the 8 hours we had, including getting some steps in at the famous Fushimi Inari Shrine and walking along the Philosopher’s Path. The highlight of the day was meeting up with Bridger’s college friend, Alex, and his girlfriend, Rachel. Bridger and Alex didn’t know the other was in Japan until after we started our respective vacations (shoutout to Evan, another friend in Bridger and Alex’s fraternity pledge class for connecting the dots!). Luckily, our travels overlapped on this day for a fun reuniting in a foreign land.
Meeting of the (Wake Forest) minds – Bridger and Alex:
Bridger & Doug's Foreign Biking Adventures 