Kurashiki to Himeji

A slightly late start to day as we did not need to leave the Hotel early as check out time was 12.00 slightly later than most Hotels. We did our usual breakfast in the room which went down well and then packed the car after paying the bill and heading off in the very bright sunny day.
We drove out of Kurashiki and we both agreed it was a very nice and interesting town to visit and it was well worth the visit there which had been recommended by one of our Japanese friends. It was not a great distance to our next destination and perhaps only a 100 kilometres which we dragged out by keeping to the speed limit. we went through the outskirts of Okayama  which had been badly affected by the Typhoon ad month ago or so however there was very little sign of damage and typhoon road rubbish usual associated with this type of very strong storms. The road that we took past this big town was littered with loads of car dealers both for new and and second hand cars and called almost be called Car Road.  Watching what is on the roadside whilst driving is never easy however we spotted at the last moment a car garage selling what appears to be almost new or replica Jaguar Mark II cars but unfortunately we could not stop as in reasonable fast moving traffic and not choice about turning round and going back and that's a pity as I would have liked to take some photos.
We stopped for lunch at a Lawsons and had our sandwiches sitting on a bench outside in the sun watching the traffic and the road works. We then continued in to Himeji and we both agreed to go to the famous Castle at around 15.00 would be pointless as the light would be going, actually we did not know that last visitors was at 16.00 so we made the right decision.

We are staying in a very new Hotel called the Richmond Hotel and it is very nice and modern, of course.
For dinner we had researched Trip Adviser and found, ironically, another pseudo Italian restaurant which was actually quite good. I ordered a Steak with the usual No garlic which sent all three Chefs in to a back room to make a plan of action but the end result was very good even though we received two lots of French fries, one plate full for a starter and another for the steak.
We took a few photos on the way back to the Hotel and commented how quiet it was in the centre of town as Tokyo would be buzzing. Back in the Hotel we continued watching ‘Line of Duty’. We go the the famous World heritage sight of Himeji Castle tomorrow morning