Had a great time in Kobe, we visited Himeji Castle which was amazing, a really good example of a Japanese Castle and you can really imagine what it would have been like when it was in use. We tried our first Udon noodles which were hand made and really tasty.We then headed off to Osaka for 4 days and did a ton of sightseeing, saw Osaka Castle (not as good as Himeji, it had an elevator in the middle of it!!), Shintennoji Temple with its 5 story pagoda and its beau...

We spent four days in Hong Kong which was really good, we went to Disney Land and saw Mickey Mouse and did loads of street walking and people watching. We are now in Kobe in Japan. Spent 3 days in Tokyo which is brilliant, saw some temples and visited Shibuya (the busiest crossing in the world) and people watched for hours. We get another couple of days there before we head off to Europe so we are looking forward to going back and seeing more things. We are ha...