Day trip to Nikko up north to see if I could catch the tail end of cherry blossom season (mostly gone), then went to Uji, Kobe, Himeji castle, then trekked a bit further west to Hiroshima, Kokura and Fukuoka.

Growing up in Hawaii taking annual field trips to the Pearl Harbor memorial it was quite moving to see the Hiroshima memorials on the other side war. Crazy stuff. Incredible people to bounce back from being literally nuked.

After going to Okonomimura got pretty wasted in a random bar buying drinks for some locals and salarymen and met some very interesting people. I really need to get my language skills above 3 year old level lol.

Miyajima island and the tori gate there is beautiful!