Bit of a sad day its the day we get on the big Jestar flying machine and head towards home. Time for a few last Japanese beers waste the remainin yen in our pockets and visit a really good transport museum where there was plenty of rail memorbilia to soak in including Japans’ first bullet […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 26

We are a bit short on photos today- probably because we have walked every inch of this great city over the last week and just about buggered- one day to go..so better make the most of the great curries, yakatori and refreshments.

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 25

Mount Rocco was a bloody big walk up a hill somewhere near Kobe. Someone who will remain nameless (not Rocky) said it was only a few minutes walk from the station…well 2 hours up a 45 degree hill in 30 degree and 80% humiditiy…might be classed as a few minutes up the road.. But I […]

Read the rest of Mount Rocco – Nov 24

We went to Nara today, its a bit over 30 mins from Osaka by train. The place is fairly small and a perfect daytrip with most of the attractions situated around Nara Park, home to some huge ancient temples and deer that roam about wherever they like. when   Nara was a bit of a surprize, […]

Read the rest of Nara – Nov 23

Kobe is about a bit of half an hours train ride from Osaka and it was a great place to escape the madness of Osaka.  The waterfront area is probably the most scenic, with plenty of attractions to see and do. We saw a great mascot who was spruking Kobe’s biggest tourist attraction the Kobe […]

Read the rest of Kobe – Nov 22

Today we did a bit of exploring around Den Den town the electronics distict before heading to a great street market which had plenty of slimy and deadly puffer fish on sale. These fish the Fugi have poisonous organs and can paralyze you in seconds so you cant breath.. Why would you eat them, if […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 21

We took in two of Osaka’s best landmarks today, starting with the incredible Sky Garden Tower. This massive structure had a very scary escalator ride virtually hanging in air to the top of the tower. The view was pretty flash at the top with 360 degree vistas of the entire greater Osaka. The afternoon saw […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 20

Temples, Temples and you guessed it even more temples. Just when you thought you had seen the most spectacular there was another even grander just up the road. Being autumn the gardens were beautiful with red and orange leaves on the Japanese maples.

Read the rest of Kyoto – Nov 19

We headed down to the waterfront district today to the huge Universal city walk. It was a pretty close copy of Universal Stuido’s in California, but the highlight of the complex was the octopus balls museum. Here you could get everything octopus balls, from piping hot ones, to tshirts, soft toys and even frozen ones […]

Read the rest of Osaka – Nov 18

Our last day in Nagoya and the morning was spent at one of Toyota’s museums. This very interesting complex was built on the site of one of their textile factories. Toyota originally made mill machinery before becoming the world’s biggest car company. They had some very impressive displays including real vehicle manufacturing facilities.

Read the rest of Nagoya -Nov 17

Today we went out to the old Expo 2005 site. It was so different to how it looked when we visited during the expo. Very little remained. Today it is a huge parkland and has a indoor swimming pool and a few other leisure activities. The afternoon saw us visit the spectacular Nagoya castle- check […]

Read the rest of Nagoya – Nov 16

Today we travel by bullet train from Yokohama to Nagoya it only took about 2 hours reaching speeds inexcess of 300 km. Seeing Mount Fuji was one of the highlights of the trip. The afternoon saw us start to explore this city and we certainly found some fun. When we visited in 2005 for Expo […]

Read the rest of Nagoya – Nov 15