We woke up bright and early to try our luck at hitchhiking.
Last night in preparation I had asked our lovely receptionist Kana to make us a sign in Japanese which said Fukuoka and we are from Canada. But she was too distracted talking to me and made a mistake. So the sign actually reads "We are from Ganada"
We made our way to the pit stop onto the highway and assumed the positions. Adam had a huge Canadian flag so we took that out as well. We got a lot of people looking but no one actually stopped. It seems the reception of young people and girls are the best for our group. The rest usually avoided eye contact or just drove on.
But we persisted and waited about 1 hour. Unfortunately in the end we couldn't get anyone to pick us up. I think it's the combination of 3 guys and small cars in Japan that contributed to our lack of success.
But it was a good experience and I am sure we will try again before the end of this trip.
Peace from the train to Fukuoka.
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