We left Kurashiki and made our way by train to the city of Hiroshima, famous, together with Nagasaki, for being cities on which the U.S dropped atomic bombs during WW2. Our hostel was fairly centrally located so after doing a few bits and bobs (laundry, emails, blog etc ) we set off to a have a look around the area where the bombing took place w...

Quote: "I am grade to meet you" Today I went to Hiroshima. As I wrote earlier I overslept this morning, my plan was to get up at around 7, so I could make my train at 8:30. I actually got out of bed at around 10:30, but because I thought I was getting up early, I had packed everything the last night. Well not everything my towel and toiletries I...

I woke up early and got packed for the rest of my trip. I had aquired quite a few souveniers from Kyoto, my new favorite city in Japan. I made a phone call to Ali, wonderful, sad, a good call. I almost missed my bus, arrived as they were pulling away and the driver stopped for me. The shink to Hiroshima was uneventful. It was raining, of course,...

Hello all, I am actually now in a small sea-side city called Beppu, which is famous for its natural Hot Baths, my favorite! I have been here for two days, and am all set to head out tomorrow, destination unknown. I needed to visit Beppu, to take in the mineral water and relax, and to be able to say I reached the island of Kyushu. But now, who kn...

Hiroshima- We got up at 6am and went down to check out before heading back to the train station. The train ended up being 29 stops to the Tokyo station and we had to run to catch the bullet train. Thankfully we just caught it and got a nice two hour nap before we had to switch trains. The museum was called the peace museum and was much less bias...

Durante la visita de Bump y Gerri, hicimos algunos viajes fuera de la region de Kansai. Uno de ellos fue a Hiroshima y la isla de Miayima. La visita a Hiroshima fue impactante. Recorrimos el museo que describe los sucesos ocurridos a las 9:15 a.m. del 6 de agosto de 1945 cuando estallo la primer bomba atomica. La bomba estallo en un brillante de...

Today we started our 7 day tour of Japan by train. We have a special Rail Pass (150 quid) that is only available to tourists. The trains are so expensive here that by just making one journey, the pass has pretty much paid for itself. We left Tokyo this morning and arrived in Hiroshima just after lunch time. We checked into another Ryokan, dumped...