Blogs from Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia - page 12

The night bus from Tokyo to Hiroshima was fantastic, probably the best bus I have ever taken. The seats recline and there is lots of leg room; they even provide you a blanket! So considering it was 11 hours over night, I slept pretty well. But then I got lost on the way to the hostel and wandered around town for a while with all my bags until I finally found the right building. I still couldn't get into my room until after 3pm, though, so I dropped my bags, had a cup of tea and called home. All I really wanted to see was the Peace Museum and the bomb site, and nothing was open yet because I had arrived so early in the morning. Once I felt a little rested I set out on ... read more

I spent my first night in Hiroshima drinking in the hostel with three Austrailians that I was sharing a room with. We got a bottle of Saki between us, because none of them had tried it before. I don't think I'll be rushing out to buy another. We spent the night playing games. They showed me Uno and I showed them Othello. Hiroshima seems like quite a cool city, there's a lot going on and it seems like it has quite a vibrant night-life, but I guess it's hard to come here and not spend the day immersed in the city's horrific past. I spent the day at the Peace Park and A-Bomb Museum, it was quite an emotional affair and there was a couple of times that the room got a little dusty. First off ... read more

The past couple weeks have flown by here in Japan and we have seen a lot of the country and are loving experiencing true Japanese culture. Our Japanese Rail pass has proven to be worth the money as we have used it everyday and it has saved us a ton of time on getting to places as we are able to take their Shinkansen bullet trains which travel at speeds of 285km/hour! We heard of this city that is nicknamed Ninja Town and being in their country of origin and the liking the thought of visiting a place where the actions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Nurtles were founded we figured it was only appropriate to visit this town and the museum. In Japanese history a ninja is a warior trained in the martial arts and ... read more

donnerstag, 23.10.08 heute gibt es nur einen kurzeintrag - hiroshima passt weder zur vor- noch zur nachgeschichte... am mittwoch morgen fahre ich also mit dem limited express nach shin-osaka und weiter mit dem shinkansen nach hiroshima - spasseshalber habe ich schnell die durchschnittliche geschwindigkeit des shinkansen ausgerechnet: 342 km in 1.5 stunden macht 233 km/h, inkl. drei zwischenstopps von je ein paar minuten... das fühlt sich an wie flugzeug 'fahren' am boden :-) mit dem tram rattere ich dann noch quer durch hiroshima zu meinem ryokan, bevor ich mich auf den weg in den peace memorial park mache... und ja, es fühlt sich komisch an, in hiroshima zu sein, wo am 6. august 1945 die erste atombombe detonierte - es ist eine sehr traurige, machtlose und melancholische stimmung in mir, als ich beim denkmal stehe, genau ... read more

(Day 184 on the road)Hiroshima greeted me with a slight but constant drizzle, which seemed somehow to be the perfect setting for this city with its tragic history. From Mt. Fuji, I had taken a bus to Tokyo, where I spent a night in one of the famous Japanese capsule hotels. I had wanted to do this for a long time, and it was quite an experience. The space inside my capsule was considerably smaller than in my tent, and I felt like being in a sarcophagus - definitely not for the claustrophobic! On the bright side, it had a TV and was much warmer, so I am not complaining. The next day, I took an overnight bus to Hiroshima, my last stop in Japan as it turned out. Hiroshima (with the pronunciation on the second ... read more