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Hiroshima and Osaka Aquarium
Today we took a training in the morning down to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome. This was quite an overwhelming experience to say the least but amazingingly peaceful now. Later we trained it back to Osaka to visit the Aquarium before catching another train to Kyoto for our tradtional Ryokan experience.
From Tokyo To Kyoto, And The Silver Pavilion
I was looking forward to my cinnamon set this morning and wasn't disappointed. Yummy! Ben went with scrambled egg and toast which was very nice too. We checked out and got the 10am Metro from Minowa to Akihabara and then switched trains to Tokyo. It wasn’t too bad a journey, though slightly busy, and we got to Tokyo around 10:35am for an 11am …
Getting Rather Shrined Out Now!
Oh, how comfy are those beds? I reckon the duvets are silk ones – they are so light and fluffy and you can just make out the different strand inside the bubbles. What a good night's sleep. Only to be woken up by the clattering and banging of next door. Now we know why they ask you to keep the noise to a minimum after 10pm.
Breakfast …
Romantic Train Rides And White Water Rapids
Ben had liked the breakfast yesterday so we did the same again and had a slightly different variety of pickled veg and a different fish as well. We had a busy day ahead of us so we headed out promptly for Kyoto Station to catch the JR line to Saga – Arashiyama. The station is pretty huge and as we stood looking at the map, yet another helpful …
On the Shinkansen (Bullet train)
Off to the Station at Odawaru today, via 2 trains Goya to Hakone Yamote and Yamote to Odawaru. When we got to Odawaru we visited the JR ticket office to book out seats on the Kyoto – Hiroshima train for Monday, that was quite painless, the guy spoke a bit of English and seemed to understand us quite well. Then it was time for …