Hotel Kameman Hiroshima
9-6 Fukuro-machi, Nakaku Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, 730-0036, Japan
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Hiroshima
... a golden crane entrusted with dreams for a peaceful future. Figures of a boy and a girl are located on the sides of the monument." The crane symbolizes the hundreds of tiny paper cranes (which I saw some of in the museum) that Sadako made in hopes that it would make the cancer go away. Apparently there is a famous book about her that Lizzy, one of the sea squirts on my trip had read before coming to Japan. The plaque near the eternal flame read: “Let all ...
Adventures in Japan!- Part Two
... it wouldn’t be so bad since the bus conditions from Osaka to Tokyo were much better than we had originally anticipated. As we were boarding the bus that night, I remember Kelcey turning around and looking at me with a face of terror. I followed her up and realized why she was so freaked out- this bus was definitely not the same one that we rode the first time! The bus seats were the same size as a charter bus and were absolutely tiny! ...
Kouya-san, Izakaya, Nanba, and Hiroshima
... near the river jumped into it, desperate for relief from the heat's intensity. Others turned to the sky, which was producing "black rain" because of the radiation, and drank it in desperation, not knowing the side effects that it would later cause. One described the black rain as a mixture between oil and water, that stuck to human skin. As I mentioned before, the effects of radiation are not well understood, but one famous case is that of a young girl, Sadako, just a child at ...
The lady who lunches....dinners....morning teas
... I hope they’ll all enjoy. Talk turned to the earthquake in Christchurch and the devastation around Sendai, and they were all amazed and grateful that the New Zealand rescue crew had gone to help the Japanese people. A few have family members staying with them, escaping Tokyo and the nuclear threat, many people are truly frightened of this.
They touched on the economy, which is half the reason for the small membership because foreign firms just ...
Japan - Osaka to Nara to Hiroshima
... balls to start with which tasted like fish pie and then the Japanese dish okonomiyaki, which is a cabbage pancake a bit like bubble and squeak which was topped with pork. Super tasty and a nice change from rice and noodles!
In the evening we went out for a drink to a little bar called Blue Marlin. There were Japanese people inside singing karaoke, they love it here! It was fun to watch and we made friends with a Japanese man ...


