It was quite odd staying at the Mitsui Garden Hotel, as we were suddenly thrust into the midst of dozens of westerners! It’s a really odd feeling when you’ve been […]
Food
Yakusugiland, naked blokes, and disgusting beer!!
Another day of hiking today, but a much shorter one than most. After picking up some lunch packs we drove up to the port of Anbo, first of all visiting […]
Sweet potato liquor…?!
Today was a transit day between Miyajima and Kagoshima by train for the most part. Our hotel (Remm Hotel) in Kagoshima was chosen without many reviews to back to it […]
A day in Miyajima
As with many of the major tourist towns in Japan, Miyajima has a ropeway that can take you to the top of Mt Misen in the blink of an eye, […]
Miyajima masticating
Miyajima is a tiny island only 10mins by ferry from Miyajimaguchi on the mainland, which in turn is about 20mins south of Hiroshima by train. It’s most famous for it’s […]
More Hiroshima (and okonomiyaki!)
For our morning in Hiroshima we walked down to the Peace Memorial Park and A-bomb Dome where we took in the more serious side of Hiroshima and the role it […]
Hiroshima = okonomiyaki!!
After an absolutely epic transit day, we finally arrived in our hotel (Hotel Active) in central Hiroshima. To be approximately precise… Sounkyo to Kamikawa – Bus – 22km Kamikawa to […]
The hunt for Kit Kats – Japan
Before coming over here we had heard that Japan offered a massive range of weird and wonderful Kit Kat flavours. We’re on the hunt and have so far managed to […]
We’ve both got crabs – Sounkyo, Japan
This morning we took the train from Asahikawa to Kamikawa where we changed over to bus for the rest of the journey to Sounkyo. Sounkyo is a tiny little alpine […]
Asahidake, you're the one…
So much for hiking up Mt Asahidake (rhymes with rubber ducky). This was the view at the bottom of the ropeway (a cable car in Aussie-speak)… And this was the […]