12.3.15

Japan: Day 13 + 14 - Hiroshima + Miyajima Island

What do you find half way up a mountain on the middle of an island deep within it's thick forest, amidst monkeys swinging in the trees I hear you ask? Well, it just so happens that I know ...
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9.3.15

Japan: Day 10 + 11 - The many heights and sights of Osaka

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6.3.15

Japan: Day 8 + 9 - Ryokans and Ghost Towns - Exploring Ise & Futamiura

I think the highlight of the last two days was snapping this pic of an elderly wheelchair bound crew to a desolate town for a picture with what seemed to be two papier-mâc style frogs! (p.s why is the woman second from the left holidng up three fingers on each hand? ... Extra peace?)

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5.3.15

Japan: Day 7 - Nara / Uji / Kyoto - Deer oh deer!


Today's excursion ends down back alleys and narrow cobbled streets ... but that's not where it began! 
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4.3.15

Japan: Day 6 - Monkeying around in Arashiyama


After a fun packed day yesterday there was still a few things in Kyoto that I wanted to do before I moved on to the next destination, but the last few days had been pretty intense so the snooze button got pressed a couple (at least 10) times! 

Once I was finally up and dressed I was ready to roll, and prepared for the worst as bad weather had been reported, but hoping for scenes like this ...
 
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28.2.15

Japan: Day 3 - Hakone

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27.2.15

Japan: Day 2 - Tokyo

So this is Tokyo ....

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