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Osaka and surroundings

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Day 13: In the morning we went straight to Osaka as they were nothing more to be seen in Hiroshima. We arrived at Osaka around 10am. We thought of going to Kobe but the weather was just too miserable to be going there. We then head to downtown Osaka which includes Umeda, the sky building. We didn’t go to the underground shopping mall as we’re not in the mood to shop, so we went to Shinsaibashi and Namba. There were just outlets, go there if you want to go shopping but as it was not our intention, we found it quite boring.  Umeda Sky Building. As seen on Fugitive Plan B (for those who watched it will know it). Umeda underground mall is located below the building which has the wheel Namba walk, Namba, Osaka Dotonbori St, Shinsaibashi, Osaka Shinsaibashi, Osaka Then, we went to check in our hotel and later we went Nipponbashi for dinner. We had sushi which was mostly raw fish. There were some boiled fish and that’s what we ate. It was very fresh and though I wa

Goodbye Tokyo and Hello Hiroshima

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Day 11: We managed to miss the morning rush today when we went out at 8am. On the way to Shibuya, I gave a seat to a grandma as everybody else seemed asleep on the train. She was gave chocolate as a thank you. Before heading to Hiroshima, we went to Tokyo Imperial Palace; the palace that was used after the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. The palace was big and it was in the middle of the city. We took pictures at Nijubashi Bridge and Sukaradamon gate at the palace. New Imperial Palace Nijubashi Bridge We also went to see Hachiko statue at one of Shibuya’s JR station gate. Hachiko was a loyal dog that waited for its owner even after the death of its owner and his story was even made into a movie. Statue of Hachiko Hachiko wall of remembrance Hachiko entrance at Shibuya JR Station Rest of the day was reserved for travelling. We took 3 hour shinkansen ride to Shin-Osaka before changing to another shinkansen to Hiroshima which took another 2 hours. By the time we reache