Hiroshima: this was our first stop on the island of honshu. It's located on the southern side of the island and happens to be the biggest city of western honshu. Need i say more? ..it's also the first city to be victim of the nuclear bomb in 1945.
first things first...here we were, moms and i, eating in some lady's kitchen, eating directly from the grill with a spatula. An authentic hiroshimayaki, also known as okonomiyaki by others...
it's a mixture of cabbage, meat, egg, soba noodles and other mysterious spices...it starts out pretty big then gets flattened little by little...
harumaki (springroll). Then there was the typical izakaya food stop. random little dishes.
...and some yakitori, skewers cooking on a personal little grill.
fire station worth cheking out: architect Riken Yamamoto.
transparence?
hiroshima-jo: hiroshima castle, floating, a little north of the city, surrounded by a moat.
look left then right or right then left??just remember to always raise your hand when you cross!
another specialty is fried oysters...
before and after: the bomb was released with the target being the "T" bridge...of course this is just a fraction of the extent of the damage...
The atomic bomb dome, still standing in ruin, not too far from ground zero.
wow. peace written in many different languages...
after 8:15, everything stopped.
atomic bomb museum of hiroshima. For some reason, it wasn't as powerful as the one in nagasaki, but it sure was crowded with people from all over...what do you expect.
from there, we were on our way for a beautiful little island right in front of hirojima...to be continued?
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