We saw on a poster on the wall of the hostel saying that there was a bean throwing festival at a temple nearby. So blatently we were going to go to it, couldn`t miss an opportunity like that.We were talking to a Canadian guy in the hostel in the morning, who Kate is obsessing over and told him to go. He left about the same time as us but went in a different direction.It was only our second day we managed to get on the wrong train three times. It was horrendous. W...

Our first full day in Osaka and we weren`t quite sure what to do, so we thought we would do something touristy and go to Osaka Castle. Actually got to the place without too much hassle and the grounds to the castle were right opposite the station. Had to walk for ages to get to it though, by the time we got there it was snowing! Not alot but enough to say it snowed while we were away! Osaka Castle is more like a museum that anything else. It used to be a castle ...

We left Tokyo and got a bullet train to Osaka. The trains are amazingly nice, there is so much leg room, you could fit my backpack on the floor and still have room to move. The trains apparently go up to 300 mph, though the average speed is about half that. When your actually on the train it doesn`t seem very fast at all.It took us just under three hours to get from Tokyo to Osaka, which is roughly 350 miles away. Kate slept for the whole way and was really annoy...

Yesterday we attempted to go to Ueno zoo, but when we got there we discoverd it was shut (as alot of tourist things are on a monday) We went into the grounds of the temple next door. Saw a flame which was still burning from the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshma. We decided then to go to Akihabara, which is known as electric town. Here there are hundreds of shops selling electrical items. We went into an electrical store which was ten large floors full of everythin...

Yesterday we went to the Imperial Palace Gardens, we couldn't (as far as we know) get into the actual palace. The gardens were full of trees, no surprises there! and a lot of historic buildings like rest houses and fort type things. Not being a great lover of history it was a bit lost on me but it was quite interesting.  Today we went to Harajuku. We had heard that Sunday was the best day to go, as the local schoolgirls dressup in their Harajuku clothes ...