Weather: sunny and humid 15°C, high 27°C Accommodation: Ryoso Kawaguchi. We stayed in bed late, then didn’t leave the ryokan until almost 10! Very late for us while on a trip. We had coffee at the local coffee shop, then…
Japan 2015 Day 21: on top of the world – or at least Miyajima
Weather: sunny and humid 19°C, high 28°C Accommodation: Ryoso Kawaguchi. We had a relaxed start to the day, leaving the ryokan a little before 9 am. The coffee shop wasn’t open, so we spent a few minutes looking at shops…
Japan 2015 Day 20: Headed to Miyajima
Weather: sunny and humid 19°C, high 26°C Accommodation: woke up at Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima; went to sleep at Ryoso Kawaguchi. We woke up kinda late, which was lovely! And after rain the day before, we woke up to sun. Nice.…
Japan 2015 Day 19: a rainy day in Hiroshima
Weather: rainy and humid 19°C, high 26°C Accommodation: Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima. As predicted, it was a rainy day. We relaxed in our room for a bit, then headed off to the Starbucks nearby in our raincoats. We had breakfast, then…
Japan 2015 Day 18: travel from Kobe to Hiroshima
Weather: sunny then partly cloudy 20°C, high 28°C Accommodation: woke up at Kobe Portopia Hotel; went to sleep at Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima. Train: Kobe 10:46 –> Hiroshima 13:01 (Kodama 739) We had another relaxed morning, this time packing and resettling…
Japan 2015 Day 17: Himeji
Weather: sunny 20°C, high 29°C Accommodation: Kobe Portopia Hotel. We had another leisurely morning, then again took the hotel’s shuttle bus to Shin Kobe station. Today we took a short day trip to Himeji, so we didn’t bother with seat…