Ana Hiroshima

Friday the 23rd was a day spent traveling from Narita to Hiroshima. Beginning with the courtesy bus at the hotel, we went back to Narita airport, where we could catch the express train for Tokyo. We had no idea that there was a subway station in the basement of the airport terminal, but the concierge at the Hilton was helpful in explaining how to get down south. During our first exposure to the Tokyo Metro, we were thankfully only transferring from the Narita Express (N'ex), to the bullet tra...

After a final breakfast buffet at the Ana Hotel Hiroshima, Dad & I once again returned to the train station. This time, we were headed to Himeji, a Japanese town made famous by its 'ultimate Samurai castle' (quoting my Japan Tourist Book). This is the same castle that Kurosawa used for Ran, and it was continually built during the time span of 1333-1618. From the train station, it was about a 1 minute walk to the hotel, where we quickly dropped off our bags and caught a taxi to the castle....

After our early night, we began Saturday in Hiroshima fairly early. Catching the breakfast buffet at the hotel, we filled our bellies and then walked back to the Peace Park we'd visited the night before. As it was our second visit, we knew we wanted to start at the A-bomb dome and work our way south. The dome is a famous landmark in the park. It is located almost directly under where the bomb was detonated, and was one of the few buildings left standing after the nuclear attack. Before the wa...

Mr. T, the kids and I ate breakfast at the hotel; it was a nice peaceful restaurant, Rapport. I had scrabbled eggs, which were not as cooked through as I usually like, but they were very good. They came on top of a slice of bread; didn't eat that. :b I also had hashed browns. They came out in a disc form surrounded by some sort of red sauce similar to ketchup. I don't usually put ketchup on my breakfast foods, but it was also good. The kids had cereal and hashed browns. We were all fueled up ...

(continued) We waited in the train station in Hiroshima, not long though, for DH, Mr. X, and the translator for the talks, Mr. U. From there we all went to our hotel...the ANA Hotel Hiroshima. Got settled into our rooms, then met downstairs for dinner. I have no idea what the restaurant was called, but WOW! what a meal. Mr. X ordered so much food. Good thing it came out in phases. We had tempura, sashimi (my first ever) and a ton of sushi, and raw oysters that were fantastic. (I don't normal...