Days 21 – 23 – Bye Bye Miyakojima, Hello Hiroshima

My last full day in Miyakojima went exactly as I planned, I went to the beach which was really close to me and ate at the restaurant close to the hotel.  I was never going to trek after my antics yesterday! I cannot remember if I told you before, but I went to the drinks vending machi
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Days 15 & 16 – Paradise & Typhoon Warning

I was up and out at 5a.m and got the airport very early.  Was pretty shattered after my two hours sleep in the grot hole the previous night. I was pretty excited about my 7 days in one place and was praying for nice weather.  I knew there was a Typhoon brewing and there was a threat t
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Days 13 & 14 – Monks and Buffaloes

My alarm went off at 4am and I was surprisingly awake so I bounced out of bed and got my last few things together before I set off. I was sensible this time because I had my big rucksack, so I got the subway which was about 3m from my hotel, first time I had used it. I managed to find
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Days 11 & 12 – Farewell Osaka

It is Sunday so I allowed myself a lie in and only got out of the room at 11a.m.  I wanted to not be knackered at 8pm like every other day because The Arsenal were on at 9:30pm here. First thing I did was make a pit stop in Starbucks and then headed to Osaka castle. I did not spend as
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Days 9/10 – Heart Rock Cafe

I had only been in Osaka a few hours and I was getting good vibes about it. A lot of people say they prefer it to Tokyo, time will tell for me but first I impressions were good. My first day here however was to be spent elsewhere, a day trip to Nara. A lot of people would have seen Na
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Days 7 & 8, Takayama & Kanazawa bliss

My alarm was set for 5:30a.m because I wanted to catch the setting up of the morning market. When I woke up, I realised this idea was just madness from the wave of Takayama excitement I had yesterday and in fact I just needed to see the market and not it’s setting up. So I snoozed my
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