Japan Visit 2010

With our hangovers away but our colds taking over we headed to Miyajima today which is a short train and ferry ride from Hiroshima.

There was no risk of us getting lost today as there were hundreds of people heading in the same direction!

On the island there lots of deer that wander around and are quite happy for people to touch and feed them - quite bizarre really. Last encounter we had with a deer was on the round up to Aberdeen at 70mph!!

We visited a couple of the temples and headed to the cable car that takes you close to the summit of Misen. The blossoms are out in bloom now and are beautiful. We then made our way to the summit of Misen passing various bits of interest. People of all shapes and sizes were following the same route and some were even in stiletto heels! We were just about coping at some points in our trail shoes! On the descent back to the cable car I nearly took us on a Strachan detour but it was avoided before it was a disaster! While on Misen we had rain, sleet and sunshine - just as well we can prepared!

Lunch today was interesting - we had a Miyajima Beef Bun which is pretty much their equivalent of a beef pie - it was really tasty.

On our return to Hiroshima, I headed to the hotel to have a wee rest and watch the Sumo while Neil headed to the castle. I used the trams for the first time and I'm glad to say it all went without a hitch :) The only confusing thing is the transport map you get with the really helpful Get Hiroshima leaflet uses the same colours as the tram lines but they don't correspond! Thankfully I had my head screwed on and paid attention! On a positive note our Sumo Baruto won 14 of his 15 fights so he should get promoted. The current Yokozuna won all 15 fights and got presented with a heap of trophies today - some of which were huge and the wee man presenting them could hardly lift them. Needless to the say the Sumo had no problem!!!

Dinner tonight was at a great Thai restaurant called Sawadee - we are hoping the heat will help get rid of our colds.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to try and get up early and head to the Peace Memorial Museam before we head off to the get the bullet back to Kyoto. Although given how harrowing the memorial hall was I'm not sure whether I can cope with it!

We can't believe we are in to the last week of out trip - this time next week we'll be enjoying our last night in Japan.

Seyonara!