road trip Japanese style

I was pretty excited about this trip so I didnt sleep much last night. That didnt really matter with a 4:20am start I wouldnt have gotton much any way.
Why the early start？
I bought a ｀18 kippu｀for the low low price of 11500￥（115＄）which allows you to travel as far as you want in a day for 5 days and they dont have to be all together either. But doesnt explain the early start completely. The catch to the great deal is you have to use local trains and that can be time consuming.My coworker pay more then my 5 day ticket to go 1way to my main destination Shikoku. He took a bullet train for a 150＄ 3 hour journey while I had a 23＄ 12 hour adventure.
My first night was spent in a rather unknown city called Okayama.Its claim to fame is that its the birth place of the ｀peach boy｀fable a long loved childrens story about a boy born from a peach who later kills the demons tormenting the city with the help of a bird，dog and monkey. So as you can imagine peaches are popular but so is a little snack consisting of 3 rice cakes shaped into balls and put on a skewer and its quite delicious.
My next destination was Tokushima and quiet little corner of the world 51 weeks a year，but this was not 1 of those weeks. Its the biggest ｀bon｀dance festivals in Japan. Their moto is "The fool who watches and the fool who dances and both foolish，so why not dance".
｀Bon｀ is a time to honor your ancestors so many people head to the hometown and clean the grave stones of those close to them who have passed.But its also I time to celebrate life and what better way than a giant dance party！
Later I was off to Nagoya which has a beautiful castle which is only magnafied by being lit up at night if that wasnt enough you guessed it another festival. Of course there was some dancing，but also taiko drums，buskers and most importantly a beer garden that served chicken wings，one of my favourite foods. Nagoya is famous for 3 dishes ｀kishimen｀ a flat noodle serve in a ton of diffent flavours，｀misokatsu｀ my new personal favourite which consists of a fried breaded pork cutlet on a bed of rice topped with a red soy bean paste sauce，and ｀tebasaki｀ which also uses the red ｀miso｀（soy bean paste）all of which are scrumptous.
In Nagoya I met up with buddy Dan and hit a club and was amazed how poorly most of then could dance it look like a Jr. high school dance with every one faceing the DJ and 2 stepping back and forth，but it was an interesting night out. Nagoya is also the birth place of ｀pachinko｀ a cross betweem pinball and a slot machine. I lost，but Dan won，so he took me out for beer and ｀kishimen｀.
Next stop was at the most famous destination in Japan，kyoto.
The festival was ｀daimonji｀ where they burn giant ｀kanji｀or letters on some mountains one of which is the ｀kanji｀ 大 which means big.
There was way too much to see and do in Kyoto for just a day trip, so I｀ll go back again. Next time I will seek out a ｀maiko｀or ｀geisha｀in training.All in all,it was a lot of bang for my buck.