Hiroshima | Traveling Humans

/ DESTINATION #49 /

HIROSHIMA

/ OCTOBER 15–18, 2017 /

Brandon wanted to climb Mt. Fuji, but we were there during the wrong season. Instead, we went to Hiroshima.

Our cozy Airbnb

The A-bomb dome, the only building left standing near the bomb's hypocenter.

This was some of the best okonomiyaki we had in Japan.

We also met a new friend from Portland at this restaurant! She had been a teacher in Hiroshima a couple years before and was returning for a visit.

Jade (our new friend) took us to the best place for snacks.

Breakfast at the Airbnb

At a donut shop Jade recommended. So cute!

Had to stop at this claw machine

Brandon won me a fancy llama!

Daytime view of the dome/Peace Park

Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

A tricycle showing the effect of the atomic bomb

Displays of paper cranes sent from all over the world

A resting place for unidentified bomb victims

Atomic bomb survivors remember hearing the wounded cry out for water — but civilians had been taught that giving water could be dangerous depending on a person's injuries. Of course, many of the bomb victims died anyway, and water is often left as an offering at their graves.

After a solemn day at the memorial museum, we visited a cat cafe.

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