We arrived in Takayama and it was cold. f***ing cold. Ok so we missed all the UK snow but we at least partially made up for it here. It didn`t help that the only shoes we owned had holes in them. Alex was in a bad mood because that morning in Kyoto all of his Cambodia photos had been deleted from his hard drive and we couldnt work out why. During the entirety of the beautiful train journey through Japanese mountains he sat scowling and mumbling. Our hostel was...

Our first meal in japan was not our most inspiring or satisfying. After arriving late into osaka, we trugged the chilly streets in search of something which could be considered in any way vaguely vegetarian. We failed misserably and ended up in the only place which we could find open. We sat in Mc Donalds ashamed. To rub salt into the wounds we bumped into Masa (the hostel owner, well we say hostel, it was really his house) and felt thouroughly embarassed about t...

Our first meal in japan was not our most inspiring or satisfying. After arriving late into osaka, we trugged the chilly streets in search of something which could be considered in any way vaguely vegetarian. We failed misserably and ended up in the only place which we could find open. We sat in Mc Donalds ashamed. To rub salt into the wounds we bumped into Masa (the hostel owner, well we say hostel, it was really his house) and felt thouroughly embarassed about t...