During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. On our full day in Fukuoka, we headed to the mountain area of Sasaguri to visit the reclining buddha at Nanzo-in Temple. We arrived at a tiny rural train station and walked a few minutes to the temple entrance.[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. After our wonderful time exploring Miyajima, we took the bullet train from Hiroshima to our last stop, Fukuoka! We checked into our hostel room and then we wandered around Canal City Hakata, for some ramen and[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. After our time exploring Hiroshima, we grabbed the tram all the way down to Miyajima. There are faster ways to arrive, but we loved the tram. Miyajima was the place I was most excited about visiting in all of J[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. After our time exploring Hiroshima, we grabbed the tram all the way down to Miyajima. There are faster ways to arrive, but we loved the tram. Miyajima was the place I was most excited about visiting in all[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. On our second day in Hiroshima, we visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum first thing in the morning. Afterward, we headed over to the Hiroshima Castle and the Gokoku Shinto Shrine next door[...]
During our last trip to mainland Japan back in June 2018, we visited 7 cities including Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Fukuoka. On Day 5 we took the shinkansen (bullet train) from Osaka to Hiroshima for the second part of our trip. We stayed in a great little Airbnb across the river from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. We dropped of[...]