Charles' Travel Blog

In the late morning I took the Ropeway up the mountain to visit several shrines located on the mountain. The Ropeway was a fun ride and it is broken into 2 parts.  The first part was a steep climb up in a smaller car (seating for up to 6) and the second part was in…

Miyajima is home to some beautiful temples and nice hiking trails on a mountain. It is a short train and ferry ride from Hiroshima.  The ferry station does have a regular announcement warning tourists about the deer.  They are more aggressive than the Nara deer apparently. The deer are larger than the Nara Deer as…

The original castle was destroyed by the bomb.  The castle was rebuilt in the 1950s.  The castle has a beautiful museum. 

My final stop in Japan was Hiroshima.  It was a very moving moment in my trip. Seeing the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Atomic Dome was solemn.  It is hard to imagine what happened there in 1945. At the National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, it was a solemn place where…

While in Himeji, I also went to Mount Shosa and saw the numerous Buddhist temples on it. The ride up was nice with the Fall colors. There were a number of temples and other important sites such as the Honda family graves.

I took a day trip from Osaka to Himeji to see another famous Japanese castle.