japan trip... afterthought...

i finally concluded my trip to japan... it was full on 14 days of backpacking with some shopping done... all in all, i had a good time...

it is a wonderful experience and i hope to go back again... i was really tired out at the end of that 14 days and from this picture, you can see an extremely tired traveller...

these 14 days brought me to a few places... the first being KYOTO...

while you can still do a spot of shopping in kyoto, it is really a place to marvel at the architecture of past with the countless shrines scattered all over the old city...

there was a lot to see... and i fitted in as much as i can during my stay... obviously i need to go back if i wanted to see more of the place...

even from this picture you can see the tiredness in me...

also... it introduced me to travelling on the shinkansen... or bullet train...

i only travelled on the hikari... but it was fast enough for me....

i arrived at OSAKA first, but only got to go around osaka on day 2.... i only managed to fully appreciate the hugeness of osaka after spending time in its central districts...

tokyo is a huge city... it is far more complicated that osaka.... but a different kind of complicated... nice.... the shopping districts of shibuya and shinjuku are so big... it takes a few days just to window shop... let alone going in to see shop by shop...

if you are in shibuya, then you need to take this picture with hachiko the dog... there is a history behind it..

mt. fuji is visible from afar... but to get there takes a long time... but the truth is, if you say you have been to japan without taking a photo of this, then it is like your visit is not complete... even though it is ardous, go if u can....

i have to say my visit to disney was fun... except for the queue...

as commercialised as disney is, it is still somewhere you have to go take a look-see... i didn't go to universal studios in osaka but i thought this was fun enough...

the whole trip there was fun until my battery ran out... i need to get a spare pack for my camera... but i think i need to upgrade my camera...

the only thing not recommended here in disney is the turkey... it is smoked... and did not taste nice...

hiroshima was an experience... the impact of what happened in 1945 did not hit me until i went to their museum... it was a somber experience... and seeing some of the displays were a bit uncomfortable....

this is the a-bomb center...  the few standing ruins that survived the bomb...

one thing you notice here is the bus loads of school kids here...

miyajima island... the first thing you see there is the abundance of wild deers... and i mean a lot of them... they are not scared of people... and people don't feed them... but there are warning signs in booklets and posts saying you need to be careful to not let the deers eat your belongings...

the otori is the gate to the island... built from timber.. miyajima is listed as one of three most scenic spots in japan.... is it worth it to go there... depends... but it is an experience... if you are in hiroshima then you should go round to miyajima...

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