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As Teams traveled to Osaka, Japan, Christina's fluency in Japanese helped her and her father notch a second victory as they edged out a disappointed Nate & Jen. Meanwhile, TK & Rachel squandered their first place standing by booking a flight that put them three hours behind the other Teams, but the dating couple was saved by a non-elimination.

A MAJOR MISTAKE
Departing the Pit Stop in first place at 1:25pm, dating couple TK & Rachel opened their clue instructing them to fly almost 4,000 miles to Osaka, Japan. When they landed, they had to travel by taxi to Kishiwada Castle and search the grounds for their next clue.

With a seven minute lead over second place grandson and grandfather, Nick & Don, TK & Rachel opted to seek information at a nearby hotel. Sitting down with an agent at the travel desk of the hotel, the dating couple determined that the earliest flight to Osaka, Japan departed at 6:55pm. TK noted, "Unless there's something not on the Internet, I think we're doing alright."

Meanwhile, two Teams in separate locations arrived at a different conclusion than TK & Rachel. At the airport, Nick & Don found that the earliest flight to Osaka left Mumbai at 8:30pm. This information appeared to be corroborated by father and daughter Ron & Christina, who found an Air India flight leaving at 8:25pm. When last place dating couple Nate & Jen arrived at the airport, they also booked the flight that departed Mumbai at 8:30pm.

As TK & Rachel flew to their first connection in New Delhi, the other three Teams began to speculate and wonder where the dating couple disappeared to. When Christina suggested TK & Rachel got a jump on them, Nate replied, "Don't always assume the best. They could be off doing something stupid right now." Landing in New Delhi without seeing a trace of the other Teams, TK & Rachel slowly felt a sense of dread creep into them. TK noted, "Something just doesn't feel right about this. We could be way out in front or we could be dead last. You just never know."

TAKING A RIDE
Landing in Osaka, Japan at 2:30pm, dating couple Nate & Jen took an early lead out of the airport as Jen commented, "It's about time we start kicking these old teams' asses." Arriving at Kishiwada Castle, the dating couple opened their clue to discover they needed to travel by taxi to the subway station known as JR Kanjosan Noda Station, where the Amazing Race cleaning man would hand them their next clue.

Still maintaining a comfortable lead over Ron & Christina and Nick & Don, dating couple Nate & Jen arrived at JR Kanjosan Noda Station in first place to find a Road Block. In it, one team member had to put on a hat and gloves as local cabbies do and transport a Japanese couple five miles through a maze of confusing, often one way streets to a specified address. They could not invite a local to lead them or join them in the car and the couple could not help them. Upon arrival at the correct address, the couple would hand them their next clue. However, the drivers would also have to make their way back to their teammate before they read what was inside.

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