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 […]
Red toriis – Miyajima, Tokyo
Both mornings in Miyajima I got up before sunrise (5:05 for a 6:05 sunrise) to get some shots of the famous torii gate. The first morning the tide was out, […]
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, […]
wtf #6…??
Noticed this poster on the wall of the tourist information centre at Sounkyo… “Open a Sounkyo to the humans.”
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 […]
Metal snake – The Shinkansen
There’s something about trains. It’s the last day of our JR Railpass and I’m sitting back in a Shinkansen, speeding between Hiroshima and Kagoshima at some ungodly speed. Without distraction, […]
Momijidani and Panoramadai hikes – Sounkyo, Japan
We had originally hoped to hike from Ginsendai back to Sounkyo, but on arriving found out that the bus to Ginsendai had stopped running the week before (as it only […]
A very 'special' Japanese tea ceremony
For those that haven’t heard of the Japanese tea ceremony, it’s a highly ritualised process that involves both the careful preparation of the tea, as well as the solemn way […]