03/22 Hiroshima

The day started early by catching a train to Hiroshima. The firsttrain was soldout but we were able to find seating on the walkontrain. We transfered trains at Hakata ANC bought some buns from thebakery at the station. After checking into our hostel we walked overto the peacepark and atomic bomb mesuem. The centerpiece of the parkwas the remains of the government building and the cenotaph. Afterwalking through the park and through the victim memorial we enteredthe photography exhibit in the atomic bomb exhibit. The exhibitdisplayed photographs 2 months and 2 years after the bombing atHiroshima. The A-bomb museum had information on the events leading upto the pacific war, the bombing, the aftermath, and the recovery. Itwas a thought-provoking exhibit similar to my travels to Auchiwitz.One of the sadder stories was Sadako Sasaki. She was a little girlthat got lukemeia and started making paper cranes in the belief thatif she made 1000 cranes she would be granted a wish and live. Afterthe peace park we went to take a look at Hiroshima castle. After a fewpictures we headed to hondori street, an outdoor market. I found amanga store there and bought an issue of shonen jump for ¥240. Iwanted to buy all of full metal panic but they didn't have it all. Wewent to a random place for dinner and ordered okonomiyaki, pizza,tofu, and a chicken and egg stirfry. The okonomiyaki wasn't very goodas it was all batter, hopefully they are better in Osaka. The tofu wasin evaporated milk but did not have much taste. Surprisingly the pizzawas pretty good and different. It had chicken, spinich, cheese,mustard, and tobasco sauce. The beer was also pretty good. Afterdinner we went back to the peace park for some night shots beforechecking out our hostel. It was pretty cool and ryokan like withtatami mats and futons to sleep on.