Back to our old hotel in Tokyo and we went out for a sushi train restaurant, good and quite cheap. Sunday our last full day we took the train to Tokyo station then to the "sightseeing" bus which really was just a bus trip around many shopping areas, other than palaces and temples there is very little heritage in Toyko. We visited an area called Yanaka where there is still some original housing among many temples and shrines. We then took a long train tr...

Hemiji & Hiroshima We took the train to Hemiji to visit the White Castle, a very large timber structure built on a very high stone base. The area is quite short of stone and so stone was scrounged from a wide area and included parts of other buildings even some coffins and cemetery stones. The castle has a large storage basement above the battlement area and six storeys above with a great view over the gardens and town. Back on the bullet train to Hiroshima...

Hemiji & Hiroshima We took the train to Hemiji to visit the White Castle, a very large timber structure built on a very high stone base. The area is quite short of stone and so stone was scrounged from a wide area and included parts of other buildings even some coffins and cemetery stones. The castle has a large storage basement above the battlement area and six storeys above with a great view over the gardens and town. Back on the bullet train to Hiroshima...

Japan - Tokyo & Kyoto We have arrived in Japan in the Wet Season!! Why didn't anyone tell us! After a long flight from San Francisco we arrived at Narita Airport, collected our luggage and boarded a shuttle bus to take us to our hotel - 2 ½ hours later we arrived at Shinjuku Washington Hotel by many elevated freeways, Tokyo traffic was incredible!! We walked around our local area - found the Takashimaya Department store and went up to the roof ar...