Hiroshima Intelligent Hotel (Main building)

This is my first travelpod entry! I love to travel around the world so much, but let me write about my small hometown first.<br> I live in Iwakuni city, Japan. Iwakuni is a small town near Hiroshima, where an atomic bomb was first dropped about 65 years ago.<br> Iwakuni is famous for ...

... Club zu finden. Drei verschiedene Gruppen versuchten mit uns zu einem bestimmten Club zu gelangen. Gefunden haben wir den trotzdem nicht. Gab es wohl einfach nicht mehr. Schliesslich haben wir dann Bekanntschaft mit einer Französin, ihrem Kollegen, zwei schon recht betrunkenen Japanerinnen (eine war nicht betrunken sondern richtig besoffen) und dem kleine Samurai der nur halb betrunkenen Japanerin ...

... ohi, että ei kannata tehdä mitään nopeita liikkeitä kadulla kävellessä! :-) Käytiin tietysti Hiroshima Peace Museum kiertämässä läpi ja vietettiinpä todella komea Hanamijuhlakin joen varrella. Melkein voisi sanoa, että tämä Hiroshima on minun lempipaikka Japanissa viettää Hanamia. Haettiin kaupasta melkoiset määrät syömistä ja juomista ja istuskeltiin kaikessa rauhassa kirsikkapuiden alla katsomassa auringonlaskua. Joku vielä lauloi komeasti sillan alla, niin ...

... but her classmates started to raise funds for a children's memorial which spread nationwide. Alongside the memorial (a little girl holding aloft a paper crane) are thousands and thousands of paper cranes that have been made by people worldwide and brought here as a sign of a wish for peace. It was very moving to see so many, and while we were there a school group came to lay there's. Across from the main section of the park is where the flame of peace sits. It will ...

... The sublime and gorgeous appearance displays the artistic beauty of the Shinden style of architecture. About 200 metres in front of the main shrine and standing in the sea is the vermilion coloured O-Torii (Grand Gate) which is the most noted symbol of Miyajima. Itsukushima Shrine was officially designated in December 1996 as a precious asset of world heritage. We got back to the Hotel at 3pm, didn't do much else and had noodles for tea.

... 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 ...

... Ryokan on the streets of Nagoya, we were greeted with a hearty and high pitched 'konichiwa' by a little Japanese woman with shopping bags in either hand. Not wanting to be rude, of course, we greeted her back before she attempted to help give us directions to our hotel. From there on in, all we could do was watch in horror as the situation escalated uncontrollably to Monty Python-esque proportions as she called upon a group of teenage school kids, who called upon ...

... whilst another Japanese girl came to my rescue and took the plastic bag (that the deer were furiously trying to get into). And then to my horror, the deer raised themselves on their hind legs, i thought they were gonna knock the girl off the ledge (yes, this is all happening right by the sea) but luckily she made a run for it the other way. The deer followed and eventually they got their donut (and some guy's cigarettes ...

... type are not worth the damage to humanity that it causes. The subsequent mayors of Hiroshima have sent letters to ambassadors all over the world (they have them on display): United States, Russia, India, Pakistan, China, any of the nuclear powers that flex their nuclear capabilities for the world to see. The letters futilily ask each ambassador to cease nuclear testing. We all know that they do still exist, and the bombs have gotten smaller, more efficient, and more powerful ...

... to the Cenotaph and distant Atomic Bomb Dome in perfect alignment. In the middle of all of this, next to the Memorial Cenotaph, is the Flame of Peace - a fire that is meant to remain burning until the last nuclear weapon on Earth is extinguished. Sadly, that day doesn't seem to be anytime soon. The Atomic Bomb Dome is striking in its riverside location. The chaotic fragmentation of its shape makes it easy to envision the post-apocalyptic landscape that was. The most ...