I have been staying In the Japanese suburbs for the last couple of days due to lack of accommodation elsewhere .which has kind of made me a new attraction to the locals who have been stopping me to say hello.japan is a country highly efficient and extremely polite typically I think to social constraints and stringent rules placed from birth .recycling is expected and you find yourself carrying rubbish all day till you come across the correct bin.everybody who ser...

Went to another Japanese festival today .it seems every city I go to are having a very traditional Japanese festival were it it seems to be just an excuse to dress up eat loads and get hammered .people get carted of in ambulances all over the place for overdoing it ,quality ,it's like being in an episode of banzai very funny .

Went mirajima island today.decided to climb the mountain for two reasons one a French couple told me it was amazing (there both 19) and two it was on my list of things to do before I die ,well I nearly did..first mistake was to start climbing at 12.30 hottest part of the day about 30 degrees and 75 % humidity,after around 40 min of climbing I was drenched in sweat and my legs were burning (I'm Definatly unfit) then I saw a sign saying I was only a third of the wa...

Arrived in Hiroshima today visited the site of the atomic bomb and the peace museum very sobering .of to mirajima islands in the morning to climb the mountain test my fitness levels .ha .met a lot of French people pretty nice had some beers with them .and found the Japanese version of pound land awesome sells everything you forgot to buy or have run out of .bought everything I needed for a fiver ..quality.

Finished my day visiting the famous Fujiyama inari shrine.although closed at 4 for tourists I was allowed to wander the 5k a thousand gate shrine alone.nestled on a mountain in the middle of the forest without a person in site was the most peaceful and amazing experiences I have had in Japan ,wandering around for over an hour was truly awe inspiring ,back of to Kyoto now with about 50 mosquito bites (really should start using the deet) and about 1000 noisy commut...