Miyajima to Uno Port

A tourist bus back to the Shin-Osaka Station the hub for Shinkansen (Bullet) to Okayama then a local train to Uno. Uno Port Inn was small, simple and oddly charming. After rejection at restaurants possibly because we didn’t speak Japanese, we went to Hakkenden for Japanese tapas-style yakatori skewers - bacon wrapped asparagus, mushroom and ponzo, and scallops. Staff were very friendly helped by 2 wines. We were curious about the 2 tattooed characters who looked like yakuza - organised crime possibly descending from ronin, masterless samurai straight out of the series ‘Tokyo Vice’, as well as the poster of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force 2025.Read more