My first meal - an expensive box of noodles from 7eleven.
Heaven forbid you should have a tatto. - Sign at capsule hotel.
Capsule hotel and spa.
signage of something outside Hakata station
BOSS coffee
umbrella cycling
graffiti
closed pharmacy
clearly Winston have no problem sugesting their cigarettes make you a stong man in Japan
The floating torii gate set against storms clouds
inner-city rice paddy
Japan is good for their interesting houses right in the middle of built-up areas
strangest, strangest advertisments for a garage ever
Tumi and Takae - first lift from Fukuoka to Shimonoseki
Matziama took me from Shimonoseki right to the docks to Miyajima
Miyajimaguchi - the docks from the mainland to the ancient holy island of Miyajima
Miyajima as seen from a boat
Miyajima docks
one of the many tame deer on Miyajima
as usual, tourism dictates
a giant freaking rice paddle
a pagoda to the right of a shinto temple
small shinto shrine
trying to get a rock on one of the cross beams
lots of tiny, tiny hermit crabs
shinto shrine lanterns
The main shrine on the island
a lantern (I guess) outside the shrine
funny little stone figures
dinner in a hostel near Miyajima - good value for money noodles and free tea
The visitor tally at Back Packers Miyajima
Finally a sign at the city boundry. There were hours of walking ahead of this though.
Surprise hitchhike, this guy's sister working in a 7eleven got him to drive me into town and to the door of my hostel.
Hiroshima at sunset.
Premises sign in the form of a lantern.
Hiroshima is famous for it's classic trains (aside from getting exploded)
Pachinko - the worst game ever invented.
Old people are adorable on Japanese signs.
The adventure is beginning everyone!
The view through the memorial in Peace Park, Hiroshima.
Peace flame by night.
Cranes adorning the Memorial Tower to the Mobilised Students.
Atomic Bomb Dome
Rather blunt signage.
Modern Hiroshima by night.
Daruma doll restaurant.
In this peculiar game, the player scores points by flipping the in-built table violently.
Computerised horseracing, complete with individual horse details and simulated stables and trainers.
Katerine and Hagia, wrote my new hitchhiking sign (please take me towards Kyoto) and helped me find a good hitch-from spot.
Nobuya - first extremely quick hitch from out of central Hiroshima
Japanese ladies furnished me with food at a service station.
Hiro and Joe - didn't think I could make it to Tokyo by hitchhiking
Mr Isida - took me 150 miles down the mountain road in central Japan
Akko and Kaeko - delivered me to my Kyoto hostel doorstep (after finding out where that was).
unexpected reunion with some Americans who then furnished me with a bag of items
My twitter: been given a Hello Kitty bag full of vitamins, analgesics and fibre/protein bars by a girl & guy I met back in Busan, people are wonderful.
Kyoto Shrine
Insense in a shrine
Shrine alter
candle box
graves
Friendly monk who gave me some honey drink
The BOSS of coffee
Buddha
Buddhist shrines
People walking around in Kimonos in Kyoto
I like the logo of this souvenir shop
tourist alley
wish lanterns I think
Shinto alter
oh hello, look, I was there too
big Buddha you need to pay a fair price to visit up-close
looking over the tourism
waiting for a fare
stretching
tying on prayers
Ugly stuff gets destroyed, ugly people get beaten.
Dressing-up for starbucks
Classic busses. I motion that we get these in London.
Dinner - noodles, some sort of meat and sauce I managed to ruin my t-shirt with.
A stream running through the back-streets of Kyoto.
Some sort of beef restaurant.
Back-alley.
Helping is nice.
delicious noodles
Magical Cheese cheese bar
club sign
