HiroshimaMarch 26thIt was quite a long trip down to Hiroshima and i was on the trains for about 9 hours, so i had plenty of time to decide what i was going to do and then it came to me like a light being switched on, what was the rush to get back to China?So i decided to ditch the return flight, which was just as well, as i had forgotten to confirm it with the airline, and get a ferry from japan, as the place they leave from was only another couple of hours west ...

Carry on up the mountainsKawaguchiko, Mount FujiMarch 24/25The trains here are great, they are all really big with big seats and lots of room, and they either have backs that move, or the whole thing completely swivels around like on Jo 90 (those of you who are over 40 will remember) so you can always face the direction you want.getting off at the final station was a bit bizarre as there is a Thomas the Tank engine theme park with rollercoasters and stuff. Not wh...

Tokyo and Pearl Harbour Tokyo march 21-22Upon arriving atTokyo station, Jason Bourne was brought out of retirement yet again, and i headed off around the Yamanaote railway Loop in the wrong direction.It was not the end of the world i thought, seeing as it goes round in a circle i will get there in the end. And then i remembered when my mum, dad and nana came to visit me in sheffield and got lost going back to devon and ended up on the m25.they were heading east a...

Osaka, Nara and Kyoto March 17th - 20th actually i was only joking about the punch up as i could not think of anything funny to end with. well the weather took a turn for the worst the day after and it absolutely lashed it down. just as well really as i had to book in for my hostels around japan and actually decide where and when i was going. went for some ace food called Okonomiyaki. the place did not speak any english, but i got the hostel to write it down ...

Osaka, the sniffer dog, and getting my balls squeezed. march 17th - 19th So here i am in Osaka airport, and i am waiting for my bag to come around the conveyer belt and i see this sniffer dog come out......oh before i forget, i had to give finger prints at immigration, that was all a bit George Orwell (everyone had to give fingerprints, i am not in trouble or anything). So anyway, out comes this sniffer dog with these two rock hard looking coppers, and i star...