Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo

I have two days worth of news to catch up on, but luckily I have just had a dinner of the Jumbo size seafood cup noodles, so I am feeling fortified for all of the typing!
Yesterday we caught the train to the Chitose Rera Outlet mall, which is like a DFO in Sapporo. Rera means [...]

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Hiroshima – War and Peace

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 [...]

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Canal City and Hitting Hiroshima

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 [...]

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