We took the Shinkansen bullet train from Osaka to Hiroshima took about took about 100 minutes for the 331 km, That’s only a few km short of Geelong to Albury.
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There’s certainly plenty of eye candy on the roads, here are a few treats we have just seen. 
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We found a great bbq place for a bite to eat in Hiroshima, but there were too many tasty choices. Some of the more interesting things on the menu included young female pig’s womb (hoping it was a female), cattle’s main artery, cattle face, pigs gullet and sassorted vegetables, – not sure what sassorted is but i’m scared. 
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These are our favorite way of dining in Japan. You simply choose the item you want from the picture, press the button and put in your cash. Out comes a receipt and your change. You sit down,hand the receipt to the cook and presto your meal arrives in not time. There are lots of these places around doing curries, noodles and other quick meals. Very tasty and super cheap. You can get a beer, salad, and curry with rice for around $10- very hard to beat. 
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Osaka looks like a scaled down Tokyo, lots of action and it looks like its going to be a fun few days. 
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The hotel has some very handy tips on how to enjoy our stay.. I think I will go hire some bathers then go to the first floor for sorts of alcohol and juice before being dondled with Takkyubin at front desk. 
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We found what would have to be the world’s smallest bar and stopped for a few pints of Calsberg. The waitress didn’t fit in the establishment once us two gentlemen sat down. There was only room for two. 
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There are heaps of love hotels close to our hotel (no we are not staying in love hotel by the way) You can hire the love hotels by the hour and many of them are themed in a wide array of styles from bondage to Hello Kitty. They offer the perfect place for a ‘rest’, something you cant do very easily at home with the extended family. 
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Miraikan or The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation is on Odabia and has a heap of great stuff to see. One favorite was the robots there were several wonderful examples including Honda’s very clever Humanoid Robot ASIMO 
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