Today I was off to rabbit island which is about an hour or so from Hiroshima by high speed and local train. There were two purposes for visiting the island, first and foremost to see the rabbits, and secondly to see where they once stored and tested chemical weapons. You get to the island by ferry which cost 310¥ each way. I had booked trains to get me to Tadanoumi station by about 10am. When I got to Mihara, where I had to change trains, I went to the platform and stood waiting for train, only to turn round and see it pulling out of the station. It seems the platform was further up the station and not where you exit from the stairs and escalator. So I had to wait another hour and 15 minutes
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