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Olive Island OR Scam?
Another early start and we bid farewell to Hiroshima and hit the expressway to Shodoshima. The island of Shodoshima lies in the Seto Inland Sea and belongs to Shikoku Island and to reach it we had to ferry the car across the sea form the mainland (Honshu). A totally new experience for me as I think ferries are for people but my mother recounted that until she moved to Australia ferries were something cars went on as well as people ...
3 suns and one star...(well it felt like it)
... max of an hour to get there. By midday we had changed train drivers and watched the carriages empty. We sat singing 'we're on the road to no where....' Lol. Eventually, and we mean eveeeentttuuaaaly we got to himeji. And it was HOT and EXTRA HUMID. Oh my.god that 20min stroll to the castle was torture. Neither of us have experienced heat or humidity like it lol. The pay of was of course the castle. It was quite quiet today...a few tourists, ...
Kyoto and Himeji
... The visit was good, but not what it should have been... Without the main tower, most of the magic is lost. I particularly did not appreciate paying the normal fare (600Y) and then, once in front of the main tower which we could not see, pay an additional 200Y to see the restoration works! In my view, I paid 200Y more than usual not to see the usual thing the 600Y gets ...
We Made It!
... to ensure you have a parking spot. Once you get this special sticker, then you can buy your car.
My parents live between Osaka Bay and the mountains so it makes for some great scenery. Their house is close to a train station but the walk to the train is 15 minutes down a very steep and narrow hill. Walking back up is the worst! But because Japan has GREAT public transportation, the pain is worth it. When I say Japan has great ...
Himeji
We decided to sleep in seeing as we were supposed to get some respite on our hol! We then went to Himeji which is famous for its castle. We were greeted by a sign saying that there was a 40 minute wait. However, we got through the ticket queue quickly so all was good. We then walked to the castle itself (which did look impressive), and joined the longest queue ever! There were loads of tour groups of old people who kept pushing in. Once we actually got in the building, it was really dark ...
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