Rihga Royal Hiroshima
6 - 78 Motomachi Naka-ku Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, 730-0011, Japan
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City of Peace
... John was excited to buy beer from a vending machine (and there was one conveniently placed in the kitchen), so as soon as we got back he purchased one. What followed was a slippery slope to drunkenness, where we spent the night talking to various Japanese tourists, brushing up our pronunciation of the language, and chatting about music. It was a good night, but regretted in the morning…
We had to check out of the hostel before 11am, however as we ...
Day 43 - A day of remembrance....
... She spoke English and said to come speak to this man. He is a survivor. His mother was 4 months pregnant with him when the bomb went off. He had health issues at an early age. His mum had cancer about 15 years ago, but she has survived and is now 93. His dad survived to 83 and passed away from cancer. His mother witnessed her father going through the effects of the radiation through his body, until he passed away. The ...
Old friends
... had back trouble and could barely walk so she missed out, but we have lots of photos to show her. The ladies had chosen a lovely furoshiki cloth in spring shades by a famous author and designer called Uno Chiyo and they gave it to me – they said we had an afternoon of ‘natsu kashi’, or recalling good memories, and that’s certainly true.
But it didn’t finish there because we had a 5pm appointment ...
Eindruecke aus einer Vergangenen Zeit...
... wissen, was an diesem Tag vorgefallen ist kann man schon nicht in Worte fassen, geschweige denn die Ausstellung dazu, welche alles noch viel deutlicher darstellt. Es gibt zahlreiche Berichte und tragische Bilder, welche die Szenen aus dieser Zeit auf eine traurige und tragische Art dokumentieren. Zudem viele Informationen ueber Atombomben und die heutige Situation. Es werden zum Beispiel verbrannte Schuluniformen von 11 und 13 ...
Hiroshima highlights in 8 hours
... to face (or at least, vdu to vdu) when you're 6,000 miles apart.
Out of the window, the sky was still grey and light rain continued to fall. However, in the distance the sky was brightening and over the next hour or so the clouds dispersed and the sun broke through. We were out of the hotel just before 09.00, setting course for the Shukkeien Garden, something we'd seen on the map but were unsure what to expect. Hiroshima, like the bigger cities we ...



