Hello! Sadly, we are on the home stretch waiting for our train to the airport at Tokyo Station. Yesterday we pretty much walked the whole of Tokyo - and it's not a small place! Once again we decided to do our own tour of the city using some advice from a friend of a friend and the usual guide books and maps. After a great buffet breakfast at the hotel we set off on the subway to the Tsukiji Fish market - famous for its tuna auctions apparently but you have to b...

Hello! We made it to Hakone-Yumoto after a 3 hour train ride, a little snooze and some activity planning. We think we saw a glimpse of the bottom of Mount Fuji but are hoping to catch a better sight of it tomorrow when we set off on the loop around the area using a 2 day pass that we purchased at the station. We caught a shuttle bus to the hotel from the station, only a short distance away but we soon realised this place is literally in the mountains so very hi...

Hello! Our day in Kyoto was off to a great start, with full bellies and the sun shining we headed off on our self-made city tour. The first stop was the bamboo forest via the train station which was an iconic building in itself! With 12 floors, government buildings, a hotel and shopping mall, it was a bit more than just a train station! It was also very modern in its architecture. We went up to the top which was a sky garden looking over Kyoto before heading off...

Hello! We are in Kyoto! We were up early and on the ferry back to the mainland yesterday, grabbing a coffee on the way. After a short 10 minute journey we managed to get on the train to Osaka and then switched to continue to Kyoto. All in all it took about 3 hours so wasn't so bad. We then figured out how to use the 'subway' to get to our hotel and managed to find it on our first attempt, tucked down a little alleyway off the main road on one of the more central...

Good evening from another Japanese style bed (although a little comfier) on the floor on Miyajima Island. We decided that the weather wasn't going to ruin today's plans, packed our bags and set off on the local tram to Miyajima Island, just south of Hiroshima. After around an hour we reached the ferry port where the boat was waiting for us. It was a short sail across the sea to the island which is a popular destination for Japanese tourists and locals a like. T...