...Hiroshima, Japan

Tuesday morning, with no time to waste we were off to Hiroshima. One night's rest in Osaka, and back on the trains. We took the "bullet train" from Osaka to Hiroshima. Hiroshima is a newly built city due to the dropping of the first atomic bomb. There was a lot of sadness around the city, but the healing was throughout the city starting at the Hiroshima Peace Park. We toured the museum, and walked through one of the only standing buildings called "the Dome". The Peace Park was along a beautiful river and bridges, many students were visiting bringing thousands of cranes representing peace and healing. We went to a rooftop restaurant, where we had a local favorite yukotaki, which has crepe, bean sprouts, green onions, cabbage, fish scales, shrimp, bacon, egg, and noodles. It was actually very good, but large enough to feed two people.