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Los Angeles Trip from Tucson, AZ #1 - Japanese Passport renewal & Universal Studios Hollywood

We went to Los Angeles on November 17 and 18  for my Japanese passport renewal. Every 10 years I need to renew it at the Consulate General of Japan. They are located in several states in the USA,  however they are not located in Arizona,   and there is a rule that Arizona residents who want to renew Japanese passport ( or many other kinds of procedures ) need to go to the Los Angeles Consulate general of Japan.  so I can't use another location to get it.  Since I came to the USA, this is the second time to go to Los Angeles. 10 years ago, we went there by car, and it took about more than 8 hours to get there from Tucson. It was a very long drive. From Tucson to LA, a lot of the drive is through the middle of nowhere,  so it was quite nerve-racking if something happened with the car during the driving.   That time we just got there to get my new passport and didn't have enough time to go sightseeing.  Because my husband could not get enough days off from work and needed to go ba