Final destination
22 November 2015
The short train ride from Shimonoseki to Fukuoka
Now I am in Fukuoka, it will be my last stop on this holiday. Getting here took about, 18 minutes, on the bullet train in a tunnel for probably 17....
The busy side
21 November 2015
Travelling from Shimonoseki to Kokura for dinner
This evening I went to Kitakyushu, where I walked to earlier, only this time I went via train. The train still goes under the ocean, but its a dif....
Under the sea
21 November 2015
Walking from Honshu to Kyushu under the sea and then to the nearby Samurai town
Today I went under the sea to Kyushu. This is the first time I have ever been to one of the main Japanese islands other than Honshu. I then wander....
Closed at seven
20 November 2015
The shops in Shimonoseki close early
Everything in Shimonoseki closed at 7pm, on a Friday. I was shocked. Maybe not everything, Sake bars, Hostess bars and a cool supermarket were ope....
Giant phallus
20 November 2015
From Hiroshima to Shimonoseki on the Shinkansen
Now I am in Shimonoseki, home of banished samurai and the deadly puffer fish fugu. The local spelling of fugu is of course, fuku, so you can laugh....
I got to wander
19 November 2015
Viewing the Christmas illuminations of Hiroshima
Tonight was actually the first night I got to go for a proper wander around Hiroshima without getting wet. Its also my last night here. Tomorrow I....
Raining tourists
19 November 2015
A day trip to Miyajima to hike Mount Misen
It has stopped raining from the sky! Instead I went to Miyajima where it was raining tourists by the boat load. I took a lot of photos whilst ther....
Mystery fair and bad pho
18 November 2015
A local festival in Hiroshima in the rain
It might sound like the record is broken, but its still raining. Because of ongoing rain, I had to go back to the local covered shopping area. Fir....
Flood
18 November 2015
A day trip to Iwakuni to walk over the bridge and see the castle
Now its really really raining. Enough for the streets to be flooded. At least flooded to the point they would be considered flooded in Adelaide, p....