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.

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Our cozy Airbnb

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

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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.

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

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Breakfast at the Airbnb

At a donut shop Jade recommended. So cute!

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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

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Displays of paper cranes sent from all over the world

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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.

omg tiny puppy

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At the cat cafe, where we spent an hour or so trying to get the cats to pay attention to us

This cat was NOT having it. He stayed on the higher shelves, so we named him Top Cat.

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Breakfast hotdog ad (?)

More okonomiyaki

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Nope, not for Halloween — these are supposed to somehow make your face look better with regular use.

Jade also introduced us to plum wine and sparkly water

Old sandals, new sandals Sam and Rashaun brought for me. I shouldn't have put them on the tatami mat — don't know what I was thinking.

At a cafe that had been open since 1946

Carp trolley!

On the ferry to Hatsukaichi

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More tame deer

Tiny oyster stall

yum

Hatsukaichi is known for their maple leaf pastries, which are filled with all sorts of things like chocolate or bean paste.

The Itsukushima Floating Torii Gate

At low tide you can walk up to it and see all the tiny barnacles

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