Japan, Osaka and Hiroshima

The first day in Japan was in Hiroshima, the day was spent learning more about the atom bomb, a short visit to Miyajima Island off the coast of Hiroshima and we also got a chance to visit Josche's friend Noako in Okayama.

Reading about the atom bomb was very sad I had a lump in my throat reading about it in the museum. The children's monument below was particularly heart felt with children still sending paper cranes from around the world to be placed here.


We then left to go to Miyajima Island, there were lots of friendly deer here and the best grilled oysters I have every tasted! The island is famous for it's shrine that is in the water unfortunately the tide was out so it wasn't quite as spectacular.





Next stop on the train was Okayama to visit Naoko. Naoko took us to a beautiful Japanese garden and for some local Ramen noodles mmmmm...yummy.






Final destination for the day was back to Osaka to see the night view from Osaka tower.



Tomorrow Kyoto.....


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Japan, Osaka and Hiroshima