Woke up at bonsai guest house.set off for mount Koya early- get train (not jr and expensive!)barrier by about lunch- get snacks then go to konibori/ big Buddhist temple. Witness procession ?dali lama. Probs not. Next walk 7k through graveyards in mountains- see some shogun relatives graves. Met cute little japanese man who practiced Japanese on us, then back to Osaka via train. Disembark at namba but bored of shops and food thee so back to jap tapas bar we went w...

Train to osaka this am. Arrive by 2.30 pm, ditched things in hostel then straight to osaka castle and museum- amazing. Weather awesome. Next to dontonbori to explore, lots of shops and restaurants, ended up eating in ok okonomyaki restaurant- good food and good wine!

Left shoulder pain soso badly! Meet vinh chilled young looking American dude who came runner up on Korean X factor. Walk around with sono find donut shop then wave her off to Tokyo/back to Brisbane (so sad!). Head straight to usp. What a magical place- so much happiness! Gots some popcorn for the road and headed straight for hogsmaede! HP ride 180 minute wait. Went to jurrasic park instead via spider man and pizza, nomnomnom. Also did jaws for vintage comic effec...