DYA717 Apr 7 Chugoku San-in San-yo 7 a.m. breakfast at the Hiroshima Toyoko Inn. Then a train ride to Okayama, changed train and headed to Matsue which is north-east of Hiroshima. Lots of full blossoming sakura trees along the way going through hills and vales. It was hazy all the way. At Matsue, I dropped off my things at the Toyoko Inn and since it was a couple of hours too early to check-in, I went BURA-BURA around the hotel and train station neighborhood. Lots of interesting restaurants. I ended up at the Ichibata Department store at the train station and had a late lunch on the 6th floor restaurant. The rest of the 6th floor held an exhibition of Kyoto. Uuuuuuuu, lots of ONO Kyoto food along with Kyoto arts, crafts, clothes, etc for sale.