Japan - Hiroshima/Osaka

I`ve never really been fond of the idea of a blog. As my uncle said to me before I left, the irony of blogs are that the more bored you are, the more posts you will be writing; as you have the time to do so. And that, I most definitely agree!My blogs probably wont be very detailed, nor very frequent, but what there is of them, I hope i do not disappoint, and that my apparent boredom at the time of writing doesn`t show through.

The flight into Japan was a rocky start. After being waved off by our families, Maree and I jumped on to our flight for Sydney, unfortunately this stop over lasted longer then expected due to the lightning storms, But luckily this didn`t hassle our connecting flights! 

Maree is not very use to flying, and had a hard time at the start of the flight. But after an hour or so sleep she soon came around. I on the other hand slept really well and found the plane flight to be really fast! Less is said for the 3 bullet trains we then had to take to get from Tokyo to Hiroshima....which took 6hrs!! (nearly as long as it took to get from Sydney to Tokyo!)

Hiroshima was AMAZING!! we visited the Atomic bomb dome, The Peace memorial Museum and Miyajima Island. Miyajima was SOOOO beautiful!! We were so lucky to have arrived at the time of day that we did. The water was out, and so we got to go up to the gates and touch them!! 

All over the island are little traditional street shops; food, ornaments and accessories. It was crazy, the smells, the sights, it was a place which i would definitely visit again!As it`s located water side, there was so much delicious looking seafood. and many many oysters being cooked and shelled in front of us!For lunch Maree and I had Steamed Pork Buns from a little side shop. They were soooo YUMMY!!

The next day we went and had breakfast at a little cafe. We intended to leave quite early as we need to head to Osaka by Shinkansen at lunch time; but as we sat down a lovely old Japanese woman came up to us and started speaking English to us. She invited us over and ended up paying for our breakfast. She was so lovely!! Both Maree and I can`t get over how kind hearted all the people here are! She showed us around the shopping area and got us some bargains on a few items we wanted to buy. We all agreed to stay in touch, and shared contacts before we headed off!! :)

The shinkansen to Osaka wasn`t that bad! only an hour and a half. 

When we arrived in Osaka we had to find our way to our Capsule hotel. Let me tell you, if you have the opportunity to stay in one of these, DEFINITELY DO!! I didn`t even mind the communal bathing like I thought I would!

We ran into 2 Australians from Sydney (Hugh and Alex) and ended up spending our night walking around and eating dinner with them. It was actually lovely having new faces and people to be around. Although, we didn`t get an opportunity to transfer contacts, so it seems so strange to have spent a very enjoyable evening with people I`ll most likely never see again....

Today we really haven`t done all that much, as there really isn`t much to do or see in Osaka except shop. Saying that, we have walked a good mile and a half today.

Tomorrow we are off to Kyoto, and i`m really looking forward in immersing myself in all the culture. It will be great to go back and visit some of the sights i saw last time i was here!

I shall leave this post here. 

Until next time.