The few days we spent in Kyoto were amazing, I've never done so much sightseeing in my life. The city is so interesting - a real mesh of modern buildings combined with breathtaking temples around every almost every corner! The main things we saw were: Sausanjendo (don't think I've spelt that right, but haven't got time to check!) which is the longest wooden structure in the world and contains 1001 gold plated statues all depicting Kannon, the Goddess o...

Hey everyone - here's a quick update on some of what we got up to in Itadori, where we stayed with a Japanese family organised by the biketrial association. We stayed with a huge family: 2 grandmas, mother, father, aunt, daughter, son & 2 grandchildren. 3 other biketrial boys & one of their dads also stayed there - they stayed in the main house & we slept in the grandma's house across the road - they even put up a union jack flag in the window for us! They liv...