Blogs from Hiroshima, Japan, Asia - page 6

After a heavy day I was up for some hiking. So I took the bike ( for free :D ) as a true Dutch person should to the island. The weather wasn't all that nice but it was warm enough for a shirt, so I'm content with that. I biked through the small town up to the famous 'floating' torii gate. Floating because in high tide the torii gate appears to be floating. Anyway, it was a nice view but meh. I checked out a few temples but they looked far too basic to go in. So I went for a coffee. Best coffe I have had in Japan so far and the staff was very nice. After that I went for some homemade ice cream, flavors: green tea and black sesame. The black sesame was ... read more

A l’opposé de la semaine précédente à Osaka, où nous avons battu notre record de marche hebdomadaire (près de 45 km au compteur), l’étape « Hiroshima » est plus calme. A notre arrivée, nous sommes accueillis par un mot de bienvenue du propriétaire de l’appartement, accompagné de 3 origamis : 2 grues et une grenouille, attention touchante :-). Les 2 premiers jours du séjour sont consacrés à la découverte de notre quartier et aux recherches d’hôtes sur Sydney, notre 1er point de chute australien. Nous espérons être accueillis par un local pour les 2 premiers jours, afin de nouer des contacts et de découvrir la culture australienne de l’intérieur. Malheureusement, nos multiples demandes de couchsurfing sont infructueuses : soit les hôtes ne sont pas disponibles, soit ils ont déjà prévu d’accueillir d’autres voyageurs aux dates souhaitées, ... read more

First things first, breakfast. We headed to Little Mermaid, which is located next to the south exit of Hiroshima station. I had seen the Little Mermaid chain in different place s I have visited in Japan, but had never been in before. This place had a bigger seating area, than Hearth Brown, but the bakery section seemed more cramped. We went for four things again today. We each choose a sweet and a savoury item, as it had worked out well yesterday. We went for a small baguette filled with potato and bacon, think posh chip butty, which was nice as the bread was crunchy but not hard. We also had a bread cup kind of thing filled with chicken and broccoli, a jam and cream bun, and a layered pastry block filled with red bean. ... read more

Incheon was so busy, there were just bodies everywhere. I swear this place gets busier every holiday. I did my self check-in and then joined the extremely long line at the baggage drop. After that I had to join the ridiculously long queue for security and immigration. That took me forever to get through, by the time I got to my gate,they were about to start boarding. I had a seat right at the back of the plane. It had been a while since I flew on a proper airline, so I enjoyed having a comfy seat with some leg room and a feed. We got a small, but nice meal of beef and vegetables over rice. I was gutted that Asiana didn't offer any hot drinks, only water, I was gagging for a brew. The ... read more

Im shinkansen mutmaßen, dass die Sumotradition daher rührt, dass die Stiegenhäuser und Rolltreppen - überhaupt alle Durchgänge - so eng sind, dass man sich streiten musste, wer im Erdgeschoss wohnen durfte, um nicht die Stiegen nehmen zu müssen. Morgens feststellen, dass man im Männerwaggon in der Ubahn ist und einen alle komisch anschauen. Der männliche Bonny Tyler macht die Ubahnansagen, klingt aber restfett und so, als würde er an seiner Barry White Imitation arbeiten. Mit einer Schweizerin über die Zugklos (Western, Japanese, guys only) sprechen und weihnachtliches Gebäck zum Frühstück. Unhöflich, aber geil: in fremde Bentos starren. 750km mit dem bullet train zurückgelegt und 2 Kirchen gesehen - erfrischend aber ein bisschen dizzy macht uns die Geschwindigkeit durchaus! Plätze tauschen mit älteren Damen, die einen dann herzlichst verabschieden (ob wir das Highlight ihres Tages waren... read more