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Day 28 mostly consisted of an 8.5hr train from Nagasaki to Tokyo. Imagine an eight and a half hour train with 2 changes on a London Midland or Arriva Trains Wales service? That journey would be painfu

I’d heard before my trip that Shimabara was pretty much a pass through place but I thought with a castle and stuff it must at least be decent. However, it turned out to be the only place so far

I was feeling a lot better after a good sleep ready for my day trip to Miyajima today. The sun was out in the morning so all is good. The JR Pass covered the ferry to Miyajima so I just needed to hop

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 yest

After Mr Goni the Typhoon had now moved onto bigger and better things, I was free to venture outside again and was adamant I’d get to the sea. It was as humid as ever although the sun was not bl