It's hard work being a tourist, after three days here we're exhausted! We came here for more gardens and a couple of small towns, so much good stuff that we've had to do several posts of photos.
We arrived in sunshine and went straight to see the Korakuen gardens, delightful.
This is the much-restored castle just across the river. Other pics in another post.
Next day by train to the small mountain town of Takahashi where there are Samurai mansions, temples and a lovely old merchants' area. Had a great lunch, this set meal was about £6. More pics in yet another post.
We ate in the "Chateau" restaurant - there's a lot of false French things here, bakeries called "Boulangerie", shops called "Vie de France", etc - very strange and not a word of French spoken!
Today we hired two bikes
and did the 18km Kibiji cycle route past temples, burial mounds and lots of rice. Took us four hours with all the stops. Then a quick visit to very touristy - but you can see why - Kurashiki.
More photos in other posts. Moving on again tomorrow. It's all go!!!
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