Ryokan Hiroshima

... ming breakfast today, we are off to Hiroshima. Milo was happy that she didn't have to face a Japanese breakfast. The trip from Kyoto to Hiroshima was about 1 hour 40 mins with just a hand full of stops along the way. By the time we got to Hiroshima it was ...

... they are delicious! But before you come make sure so save for that treat.  We also found the entertainment district of Hiroshima, right next to the nice shopping malls and Pachinko parlors.  It was very interesting to walk around and see the ...

Arrived in Hiroshima pretty early on the train. After checking into the Ryokan and dumping our bags we headed down to the Hiroshima Peace Park to see the Museum covering the A-Bomb.  The first site you come across is the remains of the former ...

Today we took a training in the morning down to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome. This was quite an overwhelming experience to say the least but amazingingly peaceful now. Later we trained it back to Osaka to visit ...

...  hall where there was some more detailed survivor's testimony of what happened, which was again very moving. Walking around Hiroshima afterwards it was impossible not to look around and up at where the bomb exploded, trying (and failing) to ...

... the 1600Y (each return) and caught the first car up the mountain. It was a superb view of the Japanese Inland sea, Hiroshima and surrounding islands. Andrew got excited when he saw two Japanese Navy ships leaving the port. It was only about 5 minutes in ...

Arrived late into Hiroshima, and staying at another little ryokan. This one a little more of a ryokan hotel, since it is in the middle of the city - we are a short walk to the A-Dome and the Peace Park. The A Dome is the remains of the only building ...

... no offense, but we have to say that the website for this ryokan does not reflect the high quality services it provides. 1) This ryokan is very well located, 10 minutes walk from the ferry terminal, close to the main shopping street: walk on this street ...

... . Daarna het Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum bezocht. Dit museum is geheel gewijd aan de ontploffing van de atoombom boven Hiroshima. Erg indrukwekkende tentoonstelling, waarbij je toch wel een beetje gaat nadenken over wat atoomoorlog inhoud, en wat de ...

... old Imperial Army HQ. The building HAD been preserved since its original construction date, unfortunately the atomic bomb had destroyed it. Hiroshima castle was also destroyed, and the version I was currently looking at was a replica. It was sad, not only ...

... her death in 1955. Since then, her story has inspired thousands of children to make and bring paper cranes to Hiroshima. As a counterpoint to the sobering remembrance of the bombing, we then went to nearby Miyajima Island, considered a holy island ...

... `s set forever! Nara was pretty beautiful and a good place to visit in a day, except again for the rain! Now we are in Hiroshima and yesterday made the trip by ferry over to Miyajima island, which is famed for its `floating` shrine and gate, so called ...