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Breakfast today - atsuage (fried tofu) and today's miso soup contained daikon.10:21:50
Japanese ironing boards are somewhat smaller than their Western counterparts.10:22:01
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A mid morning cup of earl grey.
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School kids being made to do some kind of marching exercise.12:57:10
I bought this tie for 100 Yen (less than a pound), and liked it so much I immediately put it on.13:01:50
I didn't like this bread as much as my tie.13:58:49
On the ferry on the way to Miyajima now - that's Chie's friend Mana-chan.
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Yes I kept the tie on.14:04:22
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Trying the new "ice momiji manju" after arriving on the island.14:17:48
They weren't actually very good - the ice cream was far too hard.14:35:42
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I rather like this picture.14:41:10
This was taken by a Japanese man who was standing nearby, and offered to take a picture. He seemed quite fussy about how exactly he wanted the picture to be taken, but I'm not sure I really like the end result that much!14:42:38
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On the way into the Itsukushima Shrine, where we got married.
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The actual ceremony took place inside that hall.14:55:35
Classic place to take a picture in the shrine - you have to queue for it!
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In Miyajima Aquarium.
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After leaving the aqurium...16:05:07
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Chie and Mana-chan having some maccha kakigori (green tea flavoured crushed ice).16:59:05
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We bought seven momiji manju from seven different shops, so we could try them all and see which we liked best.17:26:54
On the ferry on the way back to the mainland.
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Dinner - a kind of "ofu" (wheat gluten) battered and fried.19:51:42
Chie's Dad with the Bunnahabhain we brought as a present.20:16:35
The seven momiji manju we bought to figure out which we liked best (the one in the white packet in the top left hand corner was our favourite - I think the shop was called Fuji).