Left: I am trying my first Pocari Sweat!
Center & Right: Kurashiki. A very nice town Naoki
and I stopped at on our way to Hiroshima.
Left: These girls where here on a school project to give
people tours of this area in Kurashiki. Here they are explaining
our current surroundings.
Center & Right: Kurashiki
All: Kurashiki
Left: Kurashiki
Center & Right: Hiroshima Station. After our eight
hour train ride we needed some dinner.
All: Genbaku (Atomic Bomb) Dome. This dome was ground zero
for the atomic bomb and thusly survived the shockwave. At 8:15
AM on August 6 1945, the city of Hiroshima fell victim to the
world’s first atomic bombing. The entire city was leveled;
thousands upon thousands of lives where lost. After the effects
of radiation the toll had risen to 140,000 lives lost. Many of
those who managed to survive suffered irreparable physical and
psychological damage and still suffer from the effects to this
day. Around 20,000 Fission and Fusion weapons exist today, many
of which are 1,000X more powerful then the Little Boy bomb dropped
on Hiroshima.
Left & Center: While on the train to Hiroshima the
US attacked Iraq. This is a protest that was at the Genbaku Dome
the following morning.
Right: Genbaku Dome.
Left & Center: Genbaku Dome.
Right: Sadako Sasaki was exposed to the A-bomb when
she was two years old. Ten years later, she entered the Red
Cross Hospitable with radiation related leukemia. Despite the
pain from her disease, she folded 1000 paper cranes in hope
of a cure. She died shortly thereafter.
All: Making cranes for Sadako Sasaki.
Left: Cranes for Sadako Sasaki.
Center: Cranes made by a Girl Scout camp on Long Island
NY.
Right: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Left: Peace Memorial Park
Center: A photo with Naoki’s older sister.
Right: Naoki and I relaxing while waiting for a friend.
Left: A protest against the US bombing in the entrance
to the museum.
Center & Right: On the way to Miyajima. Just a few
minutes from Hiroshima.
Left & Center: The deers of Miyajima!!
Right: Miyajima is the birthplace of the rice scoop.
This is the biggest rice scoop in the world as a tribute to
Seishio the monk that dreamed of the rice scoop.
Left & Center: The most famous symbol of Miyajima,
a fairly large Torii out in the water. We happened to come to
Miyajima as the tide was going out so by the end of this photo
selection you will notice people underneath this Torii.
Right: Miyajima
All: Miyajima
All: Miyajima. You can see where the water would be during
high tide – it must really be a sight then!
All: Miyajima
Left: Miyajima.
Center: Sake as an offering.
Right: Naoki at the other end of a large tree trunk.
All: Miyajima
All: Miyajima
Left: Looking at Oysters underneath the Miyajima Torii.
Center: Low tide.
Right: The Shinkasen. Instead of taking the regular
trains back I decided to take the bullet train back to Kyoto.
What was an 8hr trip was now 2hr and 30min on the bullet train.
