We were up early to walk to meet up with tour – about a 45 minute walk through Tokyo. Once on the bus we met our tour guide who was just awesome!  She truly went over and above to make our day great, joking non-stop, singing, giving up gifts and…

Our plans for the day were to travel out to Miyajama and see the Itsukushima Shrine.  After a taxi trip to the port we caught a ferry over to Miyajama. It was overcast and we had a bit of light rain during the day, but it wasn’t cold at all….

After a morning shopping in Kyoto we took the bullet train to Hiroshima and caught a tram out to the Peace Park, memorial area. Its a very moving place to visit. We also visited the museum and memorial hall which tell the stories of many of those who died and…

Tokyo train station is the largest station in Japan so we arrived with plenty of time to spare, ready to work out how to catch the super express bullet train. Well I should have known that it would be pretty easy since the Japanese are so well organised and efficient….