Comfort Hotel Hiroshima Otema

... beautiful Kintai Bridge. <br> We are now lightening the bridge in golden color in the evening(from 6p.m. to 9p.m.) till January 17th 2010. I went for a stroll to see it on yesterday evening and took some pictures to show on this entry.<br><br><br> I have been here in Iwakuni for ...

... the reality I remember would enter, stay for a while then return. Inside the bubble everything revolves around August 6, 1945 at 8:15AM. <br><br>I learned a very important thing while I was there. I had always thought that the bomb was dropped on totally innocent victims. But I learned that Hiroshima was chosen as a target because it had been a military base almost from its ...

... I relaxed for the evening, watched some baseball on TV, Hanshin vs. Hiroshima........this is when I first became a tried and true loyal Hanshin Tigers fan......GO HANSHIN!!!!........and got some good rest. We woke up in the morning, packed up and made our way to the train station.... can't trek through japan without searching for the beef. And we knew where it was....KOBE!! Peace out ballers and stay tuned for Kobe! Hope you are enjoying the blog. makely and birnie.

... island is overrun by deer who just hang around like total dudes and think anything is fair game to eat. It ate our information booklet. Damn deer.<br><br>As you walk through the temples and shrines, you feel like you're an explorer who has just stumbled upon an ancient civilization. I was totally singing the Indiana Jones theme tune in my head. Awww yeaah.<br><br>Tomorrow, we head further south to Fukuoka, where we will go to the Snow Monkey hangout, Beppu.<br><br>Rachael Out.

... only secondary to the snow experience.<br><br>I wish we could have spent more time in Hiroshima personally, as the city is very attractive and surprisingly less depressing a visit than one would think with all the sites and reminders around the place to the atomic bomb. Peace Memorial Park is amazing, and the accompanying museum concerning the bombing of Hiroshima is fascinating, complete with all sorts of equally fascinating articles such as the original U.S ...

... where I had a few beers and some good conversation with some fellow travelers. One lad was just embarking on a years trip - lucky sod! There was this Polish guy though, who opposed everybody's opinion and then said he didn't like England because it is "the most big brother place." I eventually switched off and joined a girl who was making paper cranes (an origami bird)....my first effort wasn't bad at all! Eventually went to bed. Miyajima tomorrow!

... trees and dirt. There was an exhibit of the Sumitomo bank (which was still somewhat standing) where there was a shadow of where someone who had been sitting, waiting for the bank to open, had died and their shadow burned onto the steps of the bank. They later took the entire steps and brought them to the museum. Another eerie shadow picture is of people's shadows, burned onto walls where quartz in the marble shattered from the heat, but people standing in the path blocked the ...

... lost their lives from the bomb and the statue of Mother and Child in the Storm. The museum itself was just amazing, the most informative museum I have ever been to. The detail and graphics made it pretty emotional and sad to see but I guess there is no other way they can get across how horrific it was. Of even more concern was the section on Necular weapons today! There are still over 20,000 remaining - scary! I am now more proud than ever to say that I come from a ...