Kurokatsutei Restaurant
The local cuisine in Kagoshima is Kurobuta which is a breed of pig fed on sweet potatoes. I’d had a look around for a good restaurant for it and came …
Shiroyama Park
After a few hours on the train I arrived in Kagoshima and left early afternoon to the Shiroyama park. One of the most beautiful places was actually near the Statue …
Tanpopo Restaurant
I met a few other guys in the hotel and we all headed out to this restaurant together which I’d spotted on Lonely planet. This was a really nice small …
Daishoin Temple
While sat near the Torii gate I took a look at some of the recommended places I’d got saved on my phone and saw the Daishoin temple and was so …
Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shrine & Great Torii
After the Mazda Museum, I got on a train which connected to a JR ferry to get me to Miyajima, just off the coast of Hiroshima. It was a lovely …
Mazda Museum
When coming to Hiroshima, I did my usual research to find out which sights I wanted to see. The main attractions were the Peace Museum & the Torii gate but …
Bakudanya Restaurant
Bakudanya was another restaurant that I found on Lonely planet which was recommended as originating in providing one of the unique local cuisines – tsukemen. Usually ramen is a mix …
Hiroshima Castle
I wasn’t really planning on visiting the castle in Hiroshima as the original had been rebuilt following the bomb that was dropped here. I had some spare time and wondered …
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
When you’re growing up, you hear stories about why the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You hear that the Japanese are a proud people and that it …
Peace Park
Peace park is an area surrounding the museum for the atom bomb as well as the Atom Bomb Dome and largely represents some of the immediate area around where the …