Japan - Part 2

We spent four days in Kyoto, an old imperial capital of Japan, visiting plenty of temples with day trips to Osaka and Nara. For the last week Japan trip we're traveling around Kyushu, the southern most island, it's a lot warmer here than further north which suits us just fine now that our bodies have come accustomed to warmer climates!

The super fast 'shinkansen' bullet train. The Japanese are really polite to the extent that conductors, cleaners and attendants on the trains bow to the carriage when they enter and leave.


Feeding the deer in Nara, just outside Kyoto.
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Katsura Imperial villa garden, Kyoto.


Himeji castle between Kyoto and Hiroshima.


View from Miyajima island, just outside Hiroshima. We took the easy option and took the cable car up then walked down, a wise choice as everyone walking up the thousands of steps looked like they were about to keel over!


Osaka aquarium. Clarkie is impersonating the huge spider crab which looks like it would attack him if the glass wasn't there!


The aquarium is home to two huge whale sharks, this is their smaller hammerhead relative.