I’ll try keep this entry short; I think I went a bit overboard on the Osaka post.
The last two legs of our trip (its really 1 single leg but I’ll separate them) were Hiroshima and Miyajima Island.
We were to do both these destinations in 2 days and be back in Osaka by 7pm for our flight back to Sydney.
The drive to Hiroshima is supposed to take 3.5hrs from Osaka.. Unfortunately we hit a major traffic jam 10 mins out of Osaka and the trip ended up taking closer to 5.5hrs. But once we hit the open road it was smooth sailing.
Let me quickly say that Japanese GPS systems are GREAT! they cross reference telephone directories, so if you want to goto a destination, simply enter its telephone number in!
Interesting how there was a lot of roadworks going on but they don’t have the 40km roadworks speed zones as we do in Australia.. Its much better this way as it doesn’t cause traffic jams on the highways.
Arriving at Hiroshima later than intended we were really strapped for time. We could only spare 2 hours at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum; I could have easily spent 4 in there. Walking through the museum there was an eerie silence… You could feel everyone’s mood as they made their way through the exhibits.
By 6 we had to get to the ferry wharf to make our way across to Miyajima Island. I’ll talk about Miyajima in my next post.
On the way back, we stopped off for some Hiroshima Okonomiyaki… food… yum!! Apparently the unique thing about Hiroshima Okonomiyaki is that they put soba in them… I’m not complaining.. it was delicious!
I forgot to mention the picture of the guy watering the plants.. that was funny so I had to take a pic.. it was like straight out of an Austin Powers movie!!
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