Granvia Hiroshima

... 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 ...

... ever so slowly, I leave the Zone. The reborn city of Hiroshima is there. The words: "Phoenix from the ashes" ring in my ears. Then I see people's faces, hear children laughing, see the signs written in Japanese and English. The trolleys are running, people are crowding the malls, and teens are going to karaoke studios. Okonomiyaki, the dish as synonymous with Hiroshima as baked ...

... to communicate in certain ways even though none of us understood each others languages. You kind of just... picked up on what was going on.<br><br>Anyway, Nagoya was just the base for our day trips. We were to start the first of our day trips in Kanazawa, a small town in North West Honshu. However, it was not to be. We got on the wrong train, that not only was not covered by our rail pass (you had to pay) it was bound in the absolute wrong direction. Well, the right ...

... about it and is probably home to the most attractive landscapes I've ever seen. Unfortunately, that says little given that my options for landscape are usually limited to bush and rocks, but Rachael says the same. I take it that her word is more trustworthy in this respect. The moss covered stone buildings, shrines, statues and little market streets can keep you fascinated for hours, but whats really amazing is the amount of free roaming deer which cover the ...

Tooth ache still prevails.... Visited the Peace Memorial Park and the A-dome Memorial- this was where the world's first atomic bomb was dropped and it was a bit touching, especially the Children's Peace memorial. I wasn't able to take pictures because something went a bit dodgy with my camera lens. I think i left it out in the air-con room so when i took it out in the open, the condensation from the heat kept making the lens ...

... like 6-7 rivers and they said that the rivers were filled with people trying to cool off with their skin hanging from them, it later was filled with dead people as they either drowned or died from their injuries. An hour or so after the blast, black rain fell. People were apparently trying to drink it because they were so thirsty. This rain was filled with radioactive material and poisoned them even more. The cloud of radioactive material spread as far as Korea in some of the ...

... garnished with a special sauce, seaweed, mayonnaise and pickled ginger - oishi especially when washed down with a cold nama biiru or chu-hi. The last day of our trip we walked to the Hiroshima Castle then couldn't resist some more Hiroshima-yaki for lunch. We found Okonomimura, a building with 3 floors of small okonomiyaki restaurants. Just crazy! We were welcomed with shouts of Irashaimase...dozo from all the little restaurant owners as we walked by. The tables all full ...