Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (evening)
We walked around Hiroshima in the evening and finished up with a dinner of the Hiroshima variant of okonomiyaki.
Travels Through A Lens
Trips Around the World
2017
Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (Peace Museum)
They say the Hiroshima Peace Museum is quite confronting - we found it terribly crowded and quite hard to see some of the exhibits.
Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (Peace Park)
The Hiroshima Peace Park is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack.
Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (Genbaku Dome)
The Genbaku Dome (aka Hiroshima Peace Memorial, or the Atomic Bomb Dome) is a former exhibition hall that somehow still stands as a ruin.
Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (Hiroshima Castle)
Hiroshima Castle is yet another reconstructed castle because the original was destroyed along with most of Hiroshima by the Atomic Bomb.
Japan 2017 Day 5: Hiroshima (morning)
Hiroshima is infamous as the first city targeted by an atomic bomb. Largely rebuilt post war, the city is once again a significant city.
Japan 2017 Day 4: Mt Misen
The peak of Mount Misen, at 535m, is the highest point on Miyajima Island. We got there via Miyajima Ropeway.
Japan 2017 Day 4: Miyajima
Today we visited Miyajima (Shrine Island), an island famous for the O-Torii gate seemingly surrounded by water.
Japan 2017 Day 4: Shinkansen to Hiroshima
We boarded the Shinkansen from Okayama to Hiroshima at 8:25am and to my surprise it's the N700 - the fastest train in the fleet.
Japan 2017 Day 3: Okayama (Dinner and shopping)
After visiting the castle and the garden, we wandered around the commercial heart of Okayama, primarily for dinner but also some shopping.
Japan 2017 Day 3: Okayama (Korakuen garden)
We decided to visit the Korakuen garden in Okayama next to the castle. It is It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Japan 2017 Day 3: Okayama (Okayama Castle)
Okayama Castle (岡山城), located in Okayama Japan, was completed in 1597, destroyed during World War II, and reconstructed in 1966.
Japan 2017 Day 3: Kurashiki (Bikan Historical Area)
We took a day trip to Kurashiki. The old merchant quarter (Bikan) contains wooden warehouses along a canal.
Japan 2017 Day 2: Tokyo DisneySea
Today we are visiting DisneySea, a unique nautically oriented theme park, unlike the other Disney theme parks around the world.
Japan 2017 Day 1: Tokyo (Ghibli Museum)
On the first day, we landed in Haneda Airport and took the train to Asakusa to check into the hotel. We then headed to Mitaka for the Studio Ghibli museum.
Japan 2017 Day 1: Arrival in Tokyo
Our return to Japan after nearly a decade! On arrival in Tokyo (Haneda Airport), we took the train to Asakusa and checked into our hotel.