After getting up at 6AM and then having cold tofu for breakfast living with monks may not be the cup of tea I thought it was. I can handle cold tofu for dinner but not for breakfast. The morning prayers were very interesting and after seeing the fire ceremony I can see how many of the temples have to be rebuilt on a regular basis.
Before setting off for our next destination we managed to squeeze in one more visit to a temple, Kongobui, the headquarters of Shingon-shu Buddhism. The temple boasts the largest rock garden in Japan. The garden represent a pair of dragons emerging from the clouds.
From dragons to trains we took the Shinkansen to Hiroshima. I'm not really that interested in trains but these things are impressive, the one pictured below was pulling into the station while we waited for ours. Our ride to Hiroshima was on a 700 Series call me a trainspotter but these things go at 270km/h incredible.
Thinking damn we are so far behind back in the UK, I was wrong the Eurostar is actually capable of reaching 300km/h. I guess the difference is the Japanese can actually get it working consistently and on time all of the time throughout the entire country. But wait just one more train fact China has a train system that runs at 430km/h. uh oh I'm scaring myself now - no more train talk.
Highlights: Tofu must be good for you if it tastes that bad
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