Namiki Hotel Hiroshima
2-9 Naka-machi Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, 730-0037, Japan
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Hiroshima
... beautiful, with the rubble lying on the ground. The metal structural bars were bent and rusted. Grass grew around the building. It was like a piece of history saved from that moment, while the rest of the city developed and changed. The Children's Peace Monument was incredible too. There were millions and millions of paper cranes in a rainbow of colors and patterns. Small chains of cranes. ...
City of Peace
... the area. The whole place has a very solemn feel about it, and the statues and monuments are incredibly moving. We think the most 'upsetting’ statue is one called “Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm” which shows a mother attempting desperately to protect her children from the blast. We then entered the museum, which has a small entrance fee of 50 Yen. There was a video playing as we entered, and then the room is filled with a timeline around the ...
Japan, Day 4, New Friends and Miajima
... over the red gate, (and a couple have a huge spat in German directly in front of us). Then we got on the ferry back to the mainland. Grabbed a train back to hiroshima station. Jumped on a tram back to the centre of hiroshima and headed back to the Okoimiyaki place to get dinner again. Here we meet Ywho has a great understanding of English and so got stuck translating for us. Then a bit more shopping before we headed back to facebook and sleep!!
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Old friends
... with a topic (which we sometimes discussed), took turns to bring cake while I provided the tea and coffee, and we polished their English skills and they taught me that as a Western woman I had a pretty easy life compared to some. We became great friends and Pete says a mark of that was that they rushed up and hugged me so tight at the station, no sign of the reserve that Japanese women often have.
We left Pete to have ...
Hiroshima by bullet trail
We were off early this morning to catch the shinkansen train to shin-osaka then on to hiroshima. Hiroshima as we found out is a fairy small city with an old tram system and a very strict policy on which doors are entry and exit to them. The main focus for tourist like us is of course the atomic bomb story, so we visited the preserved shell of the A-Dome building as its now known and a long explore through peace park. ...



