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We had a fantastic day on the island, seeing the famous Leaving Miyajima Island was a reversal back to
floating torii gate, walking around the Itsukushima Hiroshima Station, to then catch the Shinkansen to
Shrine and enjoying an ice cream on the picturesque Shin-Osaka which was our next destination on this trip.
beach promenade – there were even loads of little deer, The distance from Hiroshima to Shin-Osaka is about
like there were in Nara, just walking around. 174 miles taking 1 hour 15 minutes travelling at times to
185 mph. To put it in perspective this is the equivalent
in the UK by train travelling from Edinburgh (Waverley)
to Manchester, which is 175 miles – but takes 3 hours
11 minutes!
Also, this day we had walked just over 7.3 miles.

We had great fun on the
promenade and even
found time to grab an
ice cream and stand
watching the wild deer.

We always find time to
enjoy some Japanese
food, this time it was
Okonomiyaki in Osaka.

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