In article <dp7k90lc7f3h25obrnvglnmotcl4d200oh@4ax.com>, Michael Cash
<buggeroff@fake.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 05 May 2004 23:05:20 -0700, Gerry <222ggg@spam.really.sucks>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> >In article <c5nb905u8f9cdv4r0innqq32quhfs2jifg@4ax.com>, Michael Cash
> ><buggeroff@fake.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >May 17 - Omiya / Aizu-Wakamatsu
> >> 
> >> Both on the same day? How will you be traveling between them?
> >
> >I assumed Omiya would be on the way out of Tokyo and then on to
> >Aizu-Wakamatsu later in the day and to spend the night.  Now we're
> >begeinning to think about inverting the entire routine, starting north
> >and working our way south.
> >
> >The implication is that Aizu-Wakamatsu, off the Shinkansen line that
> >runs from Tokyo to Morioka is not related to Omiya, then?
> 
> It's not impossible, but do check the timetables to see if it is worth
> your while. You're not perhaps confusing Oyama and Omiya are you?

Jeez, Michael, right now I can't find my ass with both hands, much less
the stash of written materials I intend to sift through on the plane
over.

Isn't it Omiya the Bonsai town of note?

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