Our last stop in Japan was Osaka, we got the bullet train back from Hiroshima, we found a really nice place to stay called mystays - which was the same price as a hostel. It was an amazing room with memory foam pillows and a bathtub which we were amazed with on our budget. As we had arrived quite late we just went out to get some dinner which was amazingly yumbo sesame pork udon with of course gyoza! As the bath tub was such a novelty we bought some beers and sat...

After getting absolutley soaking in torrential rain we caught the bullet train from Kyoto, changing at Osaka to Hiroshima - the trains are so nice- they are like luxury aeroplanes without the fear of falling out the sky! Our hostel was quite close to the station, so we didn't have to walk far - after drying out we headed into the city centre for some dinner - Hiroshima is famous for Okonomiyaki which is like a savoury pancake with various fillings. There were lo...

We had about 3 whole days in Kyoto which wasn't enough really, we arrived in glorious spring like weather in the afternoon - the train station was really futuristic, we found our hostel which was about a ten minute walk away, dumped our bags and went for a wander. Theres a river running through the centre of Kyoto which had bridges over, it seemed quite european, there were mountains in the distance so was really picturesque. We found a place to eat where we had ...

Well after leaving Takayama :-( we made our way to Kanazawa on another breathtaking train journey. We changed at Toyama for the train to Kanazawa. Kanazawa on first impression was more built up and seemed like a big city. I thing we were spoilt by Takayama but we decided not to judge it until we properly looked around. We stayed in a hotel which was nice but smelt of meat. Our checkin wasn't until 3pm so we decided to wander around the area to get our bearings. W...

Well hello there people we are now in Takayama part of the area called the Japan Alps. We had an amazing train journey up here which took over 2 hours but was well worth it. The train made its way over ravines, through mountains and past sleepy villages. We changed at Nagoya from Tokyo to catch this train. We arrived at Takayama station and it was packed full of day trippers and weekend familys. We later discovered that it was Kenkoku Kinem-bi (National Foundatio...