Top 10 things to see and do on Miyajima By Jacob Getting there from the hostel Miyajima is roughly an hour and a half away from The Evergreen hostel via train and ferry. One of the easiest routes is to take the local tram at Honkawacho station to Yokogawa Station. Then at Yokogawa station, take […]
Nowadays most of the people still do not familiar with the concept of hostel and how they usually look like. This number is even more in Japan, at least what I experienced so far. The concept mostly known within the young generation who loves to travel and seeking the cheapest ways to make this happen. […]
In this post I will give you all the information I can to make your stay in Hiroshima as easy as possible. I will share places from the best shops until the places around you should see in the city or close by around Hiroshima. In the first round, I will give you the food […]
Miyajima is one of the place what you can underestimate how much time can you spend there during the day. I spent there only a few hours before I went to Iwakuni on the afternoon which was clearly not enough time to barely visit the island. To get to the island is really cheap. The […]
We took off from the hostel in the early morning with the car. Our first stop was a city called Takehara. This place has a district with full of old houses. At that time the streets were almost empty without a single soul around except us. Highly recommended to take a walk around the streets […]
After spending half of a day in Miyajima I took the ferry back to the mainland and from there I went to Iwakuni to visit this famous historical wooden Kintai bridge built in 1673 but it has been rebuilt by the time. After arriving to Iwakuni I decided to walk to the bridge wich was […]
This Island is close by and easily reachable by bike or street car / tram. We took bikes under us and it took around half an hour to get to the Island after the first time so it will take around 40-50 minutes for you while checking The map where you need to go. There […]
The way to Kure is pretty easy and cheap from the hostel and from Hiroshima. You need to walk or take the bus / street car to Hiroshima station and from there you go on by train towards Kure. On the way there you don’t even have to change the train so you can not […]
Saka is one of the best place to enjoy the sandy beaches and sounds of the waves during the night or daytime in the summer season while roasting yourself under the sun close to Hiroshima. If this fits you I recommend to try this place at least once during our stay. Though this spot way […]
The way from the hostel to Mitakidera temple took us around 30-40 minutes by walking. Half of the way is pretty flat but the end of it is a good uphill towards the temple. In February I could see this place with slightly snow on the top of the grass, buildings, sculptures, bushes and trees […]