{"id":23921,"date":"2023-12-25T09:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T09:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=23921"},"modified":"2025-05-31T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:33:28","slug":"konnichiwa-from-kitaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/konnichiwa-from-kitaro.html","title":{"rendered":"Konnichiwa from Kitar\u014d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Konnichiwa<\/p>\n

Comic book capers arriving in Sakaiminato on the Eastern DreamBy Pete Martin<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s weird to be in Japan. It\u2019s my first time and I really do feel like I\u2019m on the other side of the world. Actually I am, after traveling across Russia on the Trans Siberia Railway and now across the Sea of Japan by ferry. A free shuttle bus takes me from the Eastern Dream into the centre of Sakaiminato. To my surprise, the bus drives on the right side of the road; by that, I mean the correct side, the left side, like in the UK.<\/p>\n

As if to say a big konnichiwa (hello) and to my surprise there are colourful models of cartoon characters all over town. Every few metres along the main road, on rocks on the pavement cartoon caricatures have been placed. There are huge colourful comic posters on the walls of the buildings and the station too.<\/p>\n

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