Hiroshima

At 300 km/h the trip from Kyoto to Hiroshima didn’t take long at all:

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Here’s breakfast at 270 km/h:

And the inside of one of those “rice balls” (triangles):

Hiroshima itself was of course a more sombre experience. Although, at times,the “creative” reporting of history in the “Peace Museum” did feel a bit one sided… Anywho, photos, the Atomic Dome. One of the few buildings near the center that was still standing after the explosion (and the only one left now so as to serve as a monument):

One of the many watches in the Peace Museum that conveniently stopped at 8:15 without being completely destroyed and has a graphic and personal story of suffering associated with it:

A model of the destroyed Hiroshima with the red sphere to indicate the detonation point of the bomb:

A list of names of people who were patients at the hospital after the bomb struck:

So after that depressing experience we wandered in the sun for a bit:

And then bullet trained back to Kyoto by early evening (Kyoto Tower reflected in the Kyoto Station):