Nabari
After staying with the monks we headed to a town called Nabari. This would be a stepping stone for a day trip to the Ise Grand Shrine. A cold front…
Mount Koyasan
After Nara we headed to Mount Koyasan, where you can stay in a Buddhist temple with the monks. The drive was about 1.5hrs of windy and often very narrow road.…
Nara
The next day we drove to Nara, which is about 30 mins east of Osaka. We got in mid afternoon and headed straight out to see the deer in Nara…
Okayama
We left behind the beautiful city of Hiroshima and drove north to Okayama. Okayama lies approximately half way between Hiroshima and Osaka. The next day was Christmas Eve and we…
Hiroshima
We arrived into Hiroshima mid afternoon and found our accommodation up the back of the city on the top of a mountain. We knew the place had a view but…
Tsuyama
We could have stayed at this place for much longer. The house was beautiful, the host family were amazing and the countryside was breathtaking. Unfortunately we only had 3 nights…