Granvia Hiroshima

... each other.

A funny thing struck me: she was looking to the future, while I was looking to the past. I shared this comparison with here. I could see her thinking about it.

I then added, "I hope I too can come to see it as a symbol of peace."

We both smiled.

As some point during our exchange an old man appeared. I didn't even see him come up. He uttered, "You America?"

"Yes, American," I said.

He turned to Tomoko ...

... beautiful upon this realization. They were like Seurat pointilist masterpieces realized from skillfully folded little squares of colorful paper. My admiration was only matched by my surprise:)

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ATOMB BOMB QUESTIONNAIRE:

Two young school girls in uniform overcame their Japanese shyness and approached me with pen and notebook in hand.

One said "hello."

In a timid voice she mustered up the energy to ask if I would take a questionnaire.

I said ...

... of the rest of the tour group for some beers and yakitori (like japanese satay things) and eventually headed to bed and had enough time to collect literally every type of Pocky (chocolate coated pretzel stick) - strawberry, white choc, dark choc, milk choc, double coated hazelnut, double coated choc and white choc and strawberry - don't even get me started on the Fran desert sticks too! Available in every corner shop I was soon on a train to Nagasaki in pocky chocky overload!

... apart from the prehistoric bugs everywhere! We met a colony of pregnant cats and their Tom on the walk back ... I hate to admit I had a cuddle, I dont care if they have rabies, I already have flu and some kind of gut disintergrating bacteria anyway - so what is a cat kiss going to do ? Give me the sh!ts .... ah-HA - got you there ... i already got em! hahahahaha.

We were supposed to be going over to the World Heritige site ...

... Lubbe zou er later nog een prachtig liedje over schrijven. Het draagt ertoe bij dat vanaf 1641 tot 1853 Nederland het enige land is waarmee de Japanners handel drijven. Dat gebeurde vanaf het kunstmatige eiland Densjima midden in Nagasaki, in lengte nog geen 500 meter. Hoewel van het originele eiland niets meer over is, is op de plek waar het ooit lag een replica gemaakt. Het ligt pal naast ons hotel. Verder liggen op een andere plek in de stad op een on-Nederlands stijle ...

... But it is actually upon reaching the island that the best views are afforded. Itsukushima Shrine was once considered so important that commoners could only approach by water and disembark directly. Thus they used to pass through the giant tori gate as they entered the shrine. This now has the dubious distinction of being one of the three most photographed sites in Japan, so naturally I ...

... buildings: one which tells of Hiroshima before and after the bombing, and the second, which concentrates on the events of August 6, 1945. Of course the entire presentation is chilling. The history of Hiroshima describes its development as into an important base for the Japanese military, which eventually contributed to its selection as a target. There is documentation of why and how the US developed nuclear weapons in the first place, the options the US had for ...