Yesterday we took the shinkansen from Hiroshima to Kyoto, which only took a couple of hours. After leaving the Hiroshima Grand Intelligent, we had hopes that the Rhiga Royal, our hotel in Kyoto would be more comfortable.
Upon arriving at Kyoto station, we headed out in the pouring rain to find the Rhiga Royal. 30 minutes [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Welcome to Kyoto
Posted in Kyoto, tagged Kyoto, sightseeing on October 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Magic Miyajima
Posted in Food, Hiroshima, tagged Frienly locals, Miyajima, mountainclimbing, sightseeing on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This would have had to be our fullest day yet, hence the fact I am typing this the next morning. Starting out at around 9am, our plan was to head to Miyajima, a small island very close to the coastline of Hiroshima, in the Seto inland sea. Miyajima is most famous for its ‘floating tori’, [...]
Mellow day in Hiroshima
Posted in Hiroshima, tagged Hiroshima, restaurants, shopping on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After so many days hitting the pavement, sightseeing from dawn til dusk and then more, today was far more mellow. I slept in until almost 9am, coughing and spluttering as my cold has moved down to my chest – yay!! (not!)
Our main goal today was to visit Hijiyama Park, which is set on a mountain [...]
Hiroshima – War and Peace
Posted in Hiroshima, tagged Food, history, sightseeing on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Hiroshima, the city best known for it’s tragic history, being the first city ever to suffer the effects of a direct atomic bomb hit.
Today we headed to do the Hiroshima ‘thing’ – visit the bomb dome, the peace park and the peace memorial museum. There are many more ‘gaijin’ (foreigners) in Hiroshima, and [...]
Canal City and Hitting Hiroshima
Posted in Fukuoka, Hiroshima, strange experiences, travel, tagged "trains and travel", Food, shopping, sightseeing on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was really grateful for the chance to sleep in today, as my cold has worsened and I have almost no voice! Today was our last day in Fukuoka, before heading to Hiroshima, and I am typing this while sitting on the Shinkansen travelling through the countryside at 300km/hour!
We got up at about 8am this [...]
Bathing in Beppu
Posted in strange experiences, travel, tagged bathing, Beppu, sightseeing on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we made another big day trip out of Fukuoka to Beppu.
We have joined the Mister Donut Club, and so we HAD to have breakfast there again today to get points! Today for the first time I got two donuts, and boy were they good. We arrived in plenty of time to sit down, eat [...]
Nagasaki
Posted in Fukuoka, Uncategorized, tagged Nagasaki, sightseeing on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we took a day trip to Nagasaki, but before I get to that, I want to tell you about the awesome meal we had last night.
We went to this restaurant we had seen on the first night we arrived – it had a 7 course meal set for 3000 yen (about $30). We strolled [...]
Fukuoka Frenzy!
Posted in Fukuoka, tagged Fukuoka, sightseeing, walking on October 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is 6.30 pm and my feet are about to fall off. We have had an awesome day, but we have walked so far!
We began this morning at around 9am, headed to the Hakata train station to exchange our vouchers for our Japan Rail passes, which will be our ticket to travel around Japan for [...]
Narita Airport 6.40pm 18 October 2008
Posted in Fukuoka, Narita, travel on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have arrived in Japan!! We had a pretty good flight, made better by the fact that before we even left, we were moved to the front row where there was much more legroom…economy is never high on comfort!
We boarded at 9am, and were shocked to find that as soon as the seatbelt signs were [...]
Japan tomorrow!!
Posted in Waiting, tagged anticipation on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, the bags are packed, all the arrangements are made, tomorrow at 6am we will be leaving for the airport…
don’t think there will be much sleep tonight!!
I have worked out how to access my blog through facebook, so now it seems like the world will be able to read about our adventures… I’m not sure [...]
