Another bullet train later and we were in the city of Hiroshima - sadly famed for the world's first atomic explosion at the end of WWII. Pretty poignant going round the Peace Memorial Museum and roaming around the Peace Park and amazing to think that the entire city was brought to the ground not that long ago. In one part of the park is a memorial to a girl who died of leukaemia, most probably brought on in the aftermath of the nuclear explosion. Before she di...

From the streets-ahead city of Tokyo, we bullet trained it back into the past to the old capital of Kyoto and spent a few days barely scratching the surface of all the temples and shrines on offer. Having got a bit templed-out in India, I was a bit worried that we might tire of them quickly, but the Japanese of course do everything well and the temples were stunning. Our favourite was the Fushimi-Inari Taisha shrine which was a shrine of 100s and 100s of red to...

Konnichi wa! We were so excited about coming to Japan and Tokyo absolutely lived up to and exceeded our expectations. It's such a cool place. In fact it's cooler than cool. And luckily for us, we were staying with Gaz and Caz who have lived out there long enough to give us a taster of the place. Thanks so much guys for being so generous and making us feel at home! Their house is a cute little abode in a lovely area of narrow streets, little shops and awesom...