See It Do It Live It

We arrived in Onomichi very early in the morning and left our bags in train station lockers. After buying a breakfast of curry doughnuts from the French bakery at the station (curry doughnuts are incredible, and pretty much every station has a French bakery) we headed over the road to hire bicycles. The Shimanami Kaido is a cycle path that spans six islands over 70 km and we were keen to give it a go. We hired bikes from a guy who gave us the option of either returning them…read more

The party to celebrate the Japanese victory carried on until 4am, ending in an Irish bar, narrowly avoiding the karaoke bar. I was suffering from a nasty chest infection, and only getting two hours sleep before catching the train to Hiroshima certainly didn’t help matters. I could write an entire blog post on the marvels of the Japanese railway system, but I’ll briefly summarise the best bits here. The trains are ALWAYS on time, they have seats that are like reclining armchairs, they are super clean and the seats rotate…read more

Japan has been at the top of my travel wish list for quite some time, and when we managed to get tickets for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, we decided it would make an excellent honeymoon destination. Our first stop was Hamamatsu for Australia v Georgia. After 30+ hours of travel we arrived at our hostel and set off around the town to explore. Hamamatsu isn’t your typical tourist destination, so it gave us an interesting glimpse of Japanese life. It was fascinating to see school children walking themselves home…read more