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Breakfast at the hotel.08:19:01
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View from our hotel room.09:07:35
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Walking from the hotel to the centre, this is the traditional sign for a shop selling sake.09:32:13
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Back at the Dogo Onsen building again.10:16:53
Went for a quick tour of the Emperor's bathing room in the Dogo Onsen complex, including access to this balcony.
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There's Yuka and Erika!10:19:08
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Me walking through the Dogo Onsen complex.11:01:09
The Botchan train.
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It was quite cramped inside!11:04:45
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Walking up the hill to Matsushima castle, some of the blossoms were already on show (although the all important sakura wasn't quite yet).11:41:58
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The walls of Matsuyama castle.
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Quite an impressive view from the top.12:01:30
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Family picture in front of Matsuyama castle.
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This is Japan after all.12:14:15
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On the ferry now on the way back to Hiroshima.
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It was sunny but a bit windy outside!14:49:05
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The narrow strait with the two bridges we'd also passed on the way here.15:58:51
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...and that industrial complex again.16:01:56
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Oddly fascinating.
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The ceiling of the ferry.16:29:22
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Nearing Hiroshima now.
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Back at chez Moriwaki in the evening, the sunset from their balcony.18:42:44
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Okonomiyaki for dinner!
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