Park Side Hotel Hiroshima

... of a number of clear plexiglass enclosures and amidst much excitement and photo snapping (moi included) they hung their offering with the multitude of others left by countless other children.<br><br>-----<br>ORIGAMI CRANE "PAINTINGS":<br><br>From a distance I saw colorful "paintings" depicting cranes, doves, rainbows, hearts, earth globes, and more, and incorporating "PEACE" and Japanese characters expressing the same sentiment, no doubt.<br><br>But when I got closer...<br><br>[CLICK]<br><br ...

... are strings and strings of colourful paper cranes folded by children all over the world who have been taught about her story. We walked to the top of the park and had a look at the A dome, a permanent reminder of the bomb and the only building to remain standing in this area. After this we headed back to the hostel and had a beer from the beer vending machine in the kitchen, I'm really going to miss vending machines like this back in ...

Our day in Hiroshima was a very quick whip round tour unfortunately. In our day we managed to see the famous A bomb dome - the place where the A bomb exploded. This has been integrated as part of the museum and memorial park which are both amazing. <br><br>The park is beautiful and paper cranes inundate it - the story goes that a young girl who had cancer caused ...

... seen too much of in Japan thus far. Finally made it to the peace park, which is a very pretty place, and it wasn't too crowded. The peace park, apart from the museums, contains a huge fountain at one end, and then in a single line, an archway, and 100m or so further on is the eternal flame of peace, which will reportedly be extinguished when the last nuclear weapon on earth is destroyed. Unlikely. Following the same line ...

... to explain; only those who have been through it really understand. Emotionally, this week was a rollercoaster; one second I felt extremely curious and excited about my new home and then the next second I found myself drowning in nostalgia. This is what they call culture shock...it is during these hardships that you learn the most about yourself. This is exactly what happened to me. I learned that running is my therapy, I learned that healthy eating is crucial for my ...

... It also should be noted that it was my fault we got on the 'wrong' train in the first place. Tom just wrote down the directions incorrectly. In FACT it would take us about 4 hours to actually get to Kanazawa.<br><br>So, instead we opted for Kamakura, a tiny little tourist town with a large temple complex located in a valley. There also seemed to be a religious festival on at the time in which people threw white arrows in a a bonfire and prayed for prosperity.<br><br>The ...

... tact with crusts. I'm not sure where the crusts find their way to, but all I know is that they are nonexistent within Japan. The vending machines found on just about every corner dispense all kinds of hot beverages in cans or bottles, most of which being various forms of coffee or tea with soy milk resulting in a convenient snack for one dollar at any time of the day. Japanese sweets are almost always filled with a sweetened bean-paste called Asuka, surrounded by a ...

... gebouwen nagemaakt zoals de Dom en natuurlijk Huis Ten Bosch zelf. In de overzichtskaart van de stations van de nationale railwegen is het een eigenaardig gezicht om het als naam van een station terug te zien komen. Maar Nagasaki is natuurlijk vooral bekend als tweede (en laatste) plek ter wereld waar ooit een atoombom is gebruikt voor oorlogsdoeleinden. Het Peace Memorial Park is een goed opgezette en indrukwekkende bezienswaardigheid. Het is, net als het park in ...

... branches, but fortunately not very far away. I now work in Omote Sando, an area of central Tokyo that serves as the headquarters of Japan's fashion industry. I was somewhat perturbed to find out that this did not mean it would be just like Manchester, consisting mainly of cotton mills. In fact, I could not feel more alien there, as my fashion sense rivals that of a particularly poorly-dressed goat ...

... Many of the victims were middle school children who were helping with the effort to demolish certain sections of the city. These were being cleared so that any fires due to a bombing raid would not spread. August 6 was the first "all clear" day, after many days of air-raid sirens, so the city was out to work early that morning. There are also displays of the physical effect of the blast, showing roof tiles whose surfaces had begun to boil in the heat of the ...