DAY 21
HIROSHIMA ~ Day Trip (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
Monday November 5th, 2012
TODAYS MILEAGE – 387 miles or 623 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 9253 miles or 14891 kilometres
Our final full day in Japan was spent ticking off a few things from our respective bucket lists - a ride on the Shinkansen (Japanese Bullet Train), visiting a site in which the world was changed forever - Hiroshima and the intricate architecture and beauty of Miyajima.
FUKUOKA ~ Hakata Station (Kyushu Region, Fukuoka Prefecture, JPN)SANYO SHINKANSEN ~ Bullet Train (Hakata Station to Hotel Granvia Hiroshima Station)
MIYAJIMAGUCHI (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
MIYAJIMA (Itsukushima Island, Chugoku Region, JPN)
MIYAJIMA ~ Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima Island, Chugoku Region, JPN)
MIYAJIMA ~ Five Storied Pagoda (Itsukushima Island, Chugoku Region, JPN)
MIYAJIMA ~ Itsukushima Torii (Itsukushima Island, Chugoku Region, JPN)
MIYAJIMA ~ Senjokaku Hall (Itsukushima Island, Chugoku Region, JPN)
HIROSHIMA (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Bell Of Peace (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Childrens Peace Monument (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Flame Of Peace (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Cenotaph (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Peace Memorial Museum (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)
HIROSHIMA ~ Genbaku Dome (Chugoku Region, Hiroshima Prefecture, JPN)