Hiroshima

I just returned to Nagoya from Hiroshima yesterday and it was a really fun trip. Seeing the site where the atomic bomb hit was really crazy. We studied that exact place in school for as long as I can remember and it always seemed so foreign, but to be in the area and see it in person was a really wierd thing. It was almost unreal to think about what happened in that exact spot on the earth. Its pretty depressing to think about.

After we went to the museum and saw the dome, we ended up going to dinner and actaully went to a few clubs in Hiroshima. We went to a salsa dance bar and a hip hop club. Even though the hip hop club only had maybe 20 people...it was so fun! We ended up not getting home until 4 and waking up at 6 the next morning to go to Himeji.

We ended up going to Himeji castle which was awesome! It was unlike any other castle I have been to, because it was not restored like Nagoya castle. It is in the same shape that it was when it was in use hundreds of years ago. I thought it was very interesting because of this.

The trip was only 2 days long but it really had an effect on me. It was really cool to see things you only read about in books. I hope I have the opportunity to go to more of these places in my lifetime. Hopefully there will be more to come in Japan as well. I have a few pictures here from Hiroshima, Miyajima, and Himeji.

Enjoy!

Love,
Richie