Must have had a dodgy ramen last night because I’ve woken up with a shocking case of the...

Hotel Kooraku, Okayama 7.30pm Tuesday 12th Jan 2017 Below is a statue that sits outside Okayama...

Hotel Kooraku, Okayama 7pm, Monday 11th Jan 2016 Sitting here very excited because I’m wearing my...

No more times for the Shinkansen. I think you got the point. Got on the train this morning and...

Must have walked 15km today, 14 of them lost! So I failed orienteering in the army, so what! Train...

Hotel Rembrant, Kagoshima Thursday 7th Jan 2016. Time taken on Bullet Train from Hiroshima to...

Worn out from walking and standing in museums and galleries. Went to the 2 main museums in...

Started this morning by realizing I look disgusting. Lynda had a shower and I started to pack when...

Had dinner last night in another microscopic restaurant. This time it was like being in someone’s...

An amazing day on bikes with our guide Niall, who has lived here on and off for 5 years. He’s a...

What an amazing place Kyoto is. Didn’t have a great night last night due to a man flu I’ve picked...

Just left Tokyo at a cruising speed of about 280km per hour! The thing that strikes you first...

A reminder that my alter ego nemesis, Good-One-Sun is still accompanying me on this our last day...

NB- Just a reminder if you haven’t read the previous 2 Tokyo posts, I am being accompanied...

Another big day of walking. Legs getting skinnier but gut refusing to yield. Another bizarre...

I’d like to introduce you to Good-One-Sun. She is my alter ego whilst in Japan and we have named...

Spent the day out in the Asakusa precinct northeast of Tokyo central about 15 mins on the subway....

Sitting in the smallest hotel room ever designed. Thankfully there is a comfy queen bed but...

Had an interesting couple of days starting yesterday morning with a call from my best mate Greg...