If your idea of a dream vacation involves having your fingers gnawed off by sacred deer and your eyes scratched out by monkeys, then Miyajima might be the tourist destination for you! Seriously, though. This past weekend, I went with half the CIEE group to Miyajima, an island near Hiroshima (we went to Hiroshima first, [...]
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Golden Week
Posted in japan, tagged exploring, homestay, omg amazing, outside of tokyo, yum yum yum on 11 May 2009 | 6 Comments »
Eek! I have a lot to catch up on from the past week of fun and relaxation. I had off from Monday to Thursday for Golden Week, a.k.a. series of Japanese national holidays from April 29 to May 5, a.k.a. mass exodus from Tokyo, a.k.a. omg everyone in Japan is going to go travel to [...]