We got up today and decided to take the Shinkansin (bullet train) to Hiroshima. The Shinkan as it is called here is so fast up to 180mph and you can still look out the windows and see the things pass by. I do have a bit of motion sickness and vertigo and the Shinkan did effect them as I suspected. I do suggest that if you have these problems to not sit next to the window. Once I moved it seemed to get better. While on the train they come by with a trolley full of food and drink, just like in Harry Potter! I got a pork sandwich off the trolley, it was a thick pork cutlet that was breaded and fried with a BBQ type sauce on it that was on white bread with the crust cut off and had a bit of mayo that had horseradish in it. It was very good! Oh for those of you that don't know I am a little picky about food so going into this trip I told myself that I was going to try it all! So far the sandwich was a winner.
We arrived in Hiroshima to rain, but that did not stop us from hopping on a VERY crowded trolley car. With no basis of how to pay and where to get off because everything is in Kanji! Dad and I decided that yes in fact we had to move to the front of the trolley to get off and pay the conductor and we also figured out what stop we needed! Yay us we were pretty good at this! We successfully got off the trolley and were at the site of the A-bomb Dome.
The A-bomb dome is a structure that is still standing after the bombing and is located almost directly underneath the hypocenter of the bomb.
To see this building and everything else around it is amazing! It is truly amazing that after 65 years anything is growing on these grounds! I was able to get some amazing photos despite the weather.
We went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, this was a great place to learn about the effects of the bombing and just how fast things started. I found it interesting that at no time was there mention as to why Japan was attacked by the U.S.
and the roll that Japan played in WWII.
After the museum we walked the Peace park grounds and we were able to see the miracle of nature and all the growth since the bombing. This to me after the all the destruction and devastation is a miracle.
As we headed out to find dinner we decided that staying was a good idea and that in the morning we could go and enjoy the Hiroshima Castle.
For dinner adventurous me decided that we should eat at a noodle shop. Well after stumbling thru ordering with Dad and I trying our hardest with our English to Japanese phrase book we successfully ordered. I ordered soba noodles in broth with some veggies and what I thought were chicken skewers, and Mom and Dad ordered ton-katsu which is a pounded pork cutlet breaded and fried and served over rice with a gravy type sauce and an egg. Dinner arrived and Mom and Dad enjoyed their dishes and I was a little surprised at how fishy the broth was on my noodle dish. (I don't know why I assumed it would be a chicken broth?) The skewers came and there were 3 of them one was definitely chicken (a little under cooked but I ate it any way!) the other skewers were duck fat? and some sort of meat/fish ball? So all in all I did OK and ate a bit. I was not hungry when I left the restaurant and I am not sure if that was because I was truly full or that I lost my appetite during dinner?
After dinner we walked around the underground shopping center and looked at all the cool shops. We took a cab from there to our hotel that we booked right in the underground mall at a information desk! He He
We arrived in Hiroshima to rain, but that did not stop us from hopping on a VERY crowded trolley car. With no basis of how to pay and where to get off because everything is in Kanji! Dad and I decided that yes in fact we had to move to the front of the trolley to get off and pay the conductor and we also figured out what stop we needed! Yay us we were pretty good at this! We successfully got off the trolley and were at the site of the A-bomb Dome.
The A-bomb dome is a structure that is still standing after the bombing and is located almost directly underneath the hypocenter of the bomb.
To see this building and everything else around it is amazing! It is truly amazing that after 65 years anything is growing on these grounds! I was able to get some amazing photos despite the weather.
We went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, this was a great place to learn about the effects of the bombing and just how fast things started. I found it interesting that at no time was there mention as to why Japan was attacked by the U.S.
and the roll that Japan played in WWII.
After the museum we walked the Peace park grounds and we were able to see the miracle of nature and all the growth since the bombing. This to me after the all the destruction and devastation is a miracle.
As we headed out to find dinner we decided that staying was a good idea and that in the morning we could go and enjoy the Hiroshima Castle.
For dinner adventurous me decided that we should eat at a noodle shop. Well after stumbling thru ordering with Dad and I trying our hardest with our English to Japanese phrase book we successfully ordered. I ordered soba noodles in broth with some veggies and what I thought were chicken skewers, and Mom and Dad ordered ton-katsu which is a pounded pork cutlet breaded and fried and served over rice with a gravy type sauce and an egg. Dinner arrived and Mom and Dad enjoyed their dishes and I was a little surprised at how fishy the broth was on my noodle dish. (I don't know why I assumed it would be a chicken broth?) The skewers came and there were 3 of them one was definitely chicken (a little under cooked but I ate it any way!) the other skewers were duck fat? and some sort of meat/fish ball? So all in all I did OK and ate a bit. I was not hungry when I left the restaurant and I am not sure if that was because I was truly full or that I lost my appetite during dinner?
After dinner we walked around the underground shopping center and looked at all the cool shops. We took a cab from there to our hotel that we booked right in the underground mall at a information desk! He He
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