No niin. I'm back from Japan, and with very mixed feelings. After travelling around quite intensively, i was ready for the return leg at the end of the trip. However, the Japanese were so ridiculously hospitable to me that it was always going to be a difficult place to leave.
Japan is a completely crazy country but i am firmly of the opinion that everyone should go there, just to see quite how surreal it is with their own eyes. I managed to see quite a lot by using the Shinkansen 'Bullet' trains to get around. Easily the best form of public transport on the planet.
I have added a few pictures but as it takes so long, here are the links to my photos on facebook:
Beppu http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15847...
Kyoto http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15848...
Osaka http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15848...
Tokyo http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=15849...