"Peace" and I, we go way back. As a teenager I adopted this single-syllable word as my signature form of goodbye. I used it in all of my casual interactions--in the halls of Hingham High school and in the cyberspace AIM world that consumed my youth. This word also played a more significant role in my life as a young person. During my high school...

Travelling by Shinkansen is amazing. Precisely on time. I tried to take a picture of the super modern, streamlined train, but I couldn't because it went too fast. The trains stop for seconds at the platform, so you have to be ready to jump on, otherwise you'll miss it. I'm still amazed by the amount of legroom. I can put my gigantic backpack (wh...

I am not sure what your perception of Hiroshima is, but ours was that it was a tragic city destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare. We expected a city mired in the past. When we arrived at this city, we were surprised and shocked by how cosmopolitan it is. The city is not a memorial to the past, but rather a place where people ha...

Hiroshima is a sobering city. Arrived in the rain, which was my usual course for Japan, but made it to my hostel in one piece. Visited the atomic bomb dome and the peace park my first day in town, recovered from a night out my next day, and visited a small fishing village on the inland sea my last. Hiroshima was eye opening and a wonderful place...

I went to HIROSHIMA!! We had a long weekend from October 7th to October 9th! It is great. I get to travel around Japan without using my paid holidays. So, my fellow JET friend, Mason, and I went to Hiroshima. I was so excited because this was one of the places I definitely wanted to go!! We arrived on Saturday evening with absolutely no place to...

It's time to post several photos of the city, including some of the A-Bomb Dome, a structure which (miraculously) survived the atomic bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, that vaporized the city. The building stands as a living monument to that day. It's been slightly refurbished but no "fixed up" to beautify it in any stretch of the imagination. At the presen...

My apologies for the delay in this log entry. We've done several really cool things the past few days and the cherry blossoms have really started to bloom nicely, so I wanted to include as much as I could for this entry. Since my last log, we have visited a variety of community pharmacies this week in the Hiroshima area. You will see in my photo...

Travel back in time with me to the weekend of Sept. 17 when I went to see the Hiroshima Carp baseball game and then go hiking near Mark's place. If you don't know who Mark is, don't worry you will soon enough. Now, this is one of the best baseball games I have been to in a while and for those of you people in Baltimore you know I like going to b...

Hiroshima, one of the most well know cities in the world. All for the wrong reasons... Since then the city has managed to bounce back with a vengeance. The rebuilt city has been designed on a block system which is easy to navigate, this is interwoven with rivers that cut across the city and seem to give it a calming influence. Hiroshima is fairl...

Visited the very moving War memorial, museum, an usually good modern art gallery, and Hiroshima castle. Hiroshima is actually a laid-back coastal town with a very pleasant vibe.