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Japan closes at 5 pm.

Today we got the trek to all the Himeji peooople , Since we woke up late to take an expensive trip among the thousands of temples and a beautiful Kyoto.

Himeji is a charming town at the foot of some mountains which I do not know the name, I just know that we have shot some scenes of "The Last Samurai." For of course I mean a nice town center with residential buildings of at least 10 floors, the envy of Spinaceto gray, but no huge skyscrapers bizarre sponsored by brands and a decent public transport system. One attraction of the place, apart from the surrounding mountains, is the magic Himeji Castle. It stands atop a fortified hill, so dominate the entire surrounding area (as wars and several skirmishes were common until recently, the Land of the Rising Sun.)

feature that makes this monument unique is that it is the only one not destroyed by earthquakes, battles, rains of roasted chestnuts, but we were quickly reassured by a guide who told us that we plan to have two beautiful and functional ultra-modern lifts, stick to - no one knows where - to the castle (remember the absent-minded that it is a building of the '300 and has been listed as World Heritage Site). After the visit to this fascinating complex we headed toward the place where should have been a bus stop that would take him on the aforementioned mountain, but the fearsome 5 pm looming large, so we had to give up, a prey to various smadonnamenti.

why we went in the adjacent park of the castle of Himeji, the Koko-en , dipping in the filthy river piedacci our sacred Stocapperon poisoning and so all their wonderful and sacred carp.

But it's time to go a bit 'back in time, precisely at the time of the journey that has led to our base, or Osaka. Osaka is pretty bad. Tokyo in a kind of small, but with less light and less monuments. The bus-sized Japanese are Japanese, or XXS. I spent most of the trip (night) to try to find a place for human to sleep, taking elbows on the elbow geek in front of me, having had to stretch my legs up to his place to enter into the seat.

The long sleepless night, however, was rewarded by entry into our great room. The area is central, and we found: TV, refrigerator, air conditioner, VCR, microwave, electric cooker, electric kettle, wireless aggratise and yukata (summer kimono, kimono, but I say if they kill me) clean and folded on the bed. And who c'ammazza?

The main attraction here is the castle of Osaka , of course. This structure has the distinction of being rather than looking outside (if you do not notice pacchianaggine some inlaid gold here and there), but was rebuilt in a random, totally different in style from the rest of the building.

The remaining time we spent in the streets used to shopping (and Dotombori Amerika-Mura ) and a stupid little island which lies between the two rivers running through the city ( Nakano-shima), but I will not dwell here as well.

Yesterday, it was the turn of Kobe, with its random subway stations thanks to the many private lines that rage instead of public transport and a bit battered the Maronites' at all .

the most attractive part of the city is certainly the area of the Akashi-Kaiko bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world (probably not the least interested in, but writing "I saw something longest / largest / fast / light of the world "is cool).

Pleasant also the port area, which includes the Meriken Park and the Kobe Harbour Land , after sunset, with its palaces and its absurd malls bright. Then a walk to Chinatown with dinner Nankinmachi and all at home.

Unfortunately the weather is always very short, so I hope to write again, and - perhaps - in an Italian better next time, maybe that will be directly on my return to Tokyo, when it will pass at least one day with his feet immersed in a vat of water and ice.