The first day it was rainy and the second day it was cold but not raining.
The first day was interesting as I went to see many of the famous sites in Hiroshima such as Hiroshima castle which is located in the middle of town and saw where the office base was for the military at Hiroshima castle.
Photos of Hiroshima Castle and the remaining part of the Military base
It was very depressing to see the Atomic Bomb Dome and the various museums in the Peace Memorial Gardens based on people's actual accounts of the events. Some of the museum were called, The Museum for the A-bomb victims, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall and Museum and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. For the people that know about the little girl named Saddako - the girl that made the 1000 canes to try to get better, I was very fortuate to see one of the memorials in her honour.
Photo of the A-bomb dome before it was blown up
Photo of the A-bomb dome after it was blown up
Photos of peace
Around the Peace Memorial Gardens there were a lot of remains to never use a Nuclear weapon again.
Photos of memorials
Never again!!!! The symbols of peace without nuclear war
Photos of children's cranes made into pictures at the momument for the children and the momument.
Photos of what happens to a normal object when hit by a nuclear bomb, if it survives.
Photo of the counter of when the last time a nuclear bomb was made
After visiting the historical sites that are now UNESCO Sites. I headed back to Osaka after having a traditional Hiroshima meal of food that looks like pizza but does not taste quite that way.
The next day, I headed back to Hiroshima and went and visited the Madza Museum. It was a great tour and I got to see the up coming car that uses Hyogen. For all the Madza drivers out there, unfortuately it will not be available for sometime as there are only about 3 plants in Japan that create this car at the moment and it will not be in mass production for awhile.
While at the plant we went to the museum and saw the old cars that Madza made, then we went to the actual plant where the car are being made and then to another show room that displayed cars of the future.
Photo of the car that will run on Hyogen
After that I took a local JR rail train out to Miyajima-guchi station and went and took the JR ferry across to the island that is famous for the shine that sits in the water. It was beautiful and I happen to be there at sunset so it was really nice.
The JR ferry to Miyajima
The sunset in the habour
Photos of the O-torri Gate
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