Day 12. Blogging from the Prince hotel in Shinagawa, Tokyo, sun has just set and the lights are on bright. The mother of all big citites has lived up to its hype and then some. Its my last night in japan and tomorrow morning ill be catching a 09.40 flight to Beijing, China! Since my last blog in Hiroshima, me and the GAP group have finished our tour with stops in Kyoto & Hakone (site of Mt Fuji). First day in Kyoto, we went to the site of the famous Ten Thou...

Hiroshima, Day 2. 09.00, waking　up in Hiroshima, no signs of radioactive poisoning so far! Today we had 2 trips planned, the first back to the ABOMB site and meeting with an actual survivor. One of the most compelling stories ive ever heard. This man had a special passport type register to show he was a survior and told us about his family and everything they went through. We did a longer walk around the area today where we stopped at the actual Hyposenter of...

Day 5, blogging from hotel lobby in downtown Hiroshima. On the third day in Osaka i met up with my first tour group with the GAP Adventure company, absolutely lovely people, all brits and aussies! Spent my first night in a bed in a while, definetly appriciated compared with the cubicle! I had 2 more days by myself in Osaka since my last blog, i spent those days travelling around the city via subway, visiting such places as the Osaka Castle and the Osaka Pokemon ...

Travel day and Day 1 of Japan! 05.23 sep 17 my journey started, the time is now 19.50 Japanese time on the 18th. I havent slept yet and this is why. First off this has been the MOST incredible experience ive ever had and its not been 2 full days. flight to oslo was good, 3 degrees in oslo compared to the almost 30 here in Osaka! was served amazing japanese chicken with wasabi spaghetti on the long flight + noodles and whiskey during the wee hours of the mornin. ...