OKONOMIYAKI!!!
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM delicious!
The target for the A-bomb. The middle of the T intersection of the bridge.
The bomb in reality exploded 300m SE of the bridge over the domed building, now known as the "A-Bomb Dome"
The bomb exploded 600m in the air for maximum effectiveness. The only buildings that were still standing did so because they were built earthquake proof. Everything else is leveled.
Little Boy
Black rain. 20-30 minutes after the bomb it started to rain. All the debris and radiation in the air mixed with the rain and began to fall black as night. The people began to drink this black rain water because they had nothing else to drink.
The memorial outside the museum.
The peace flame. Will not be extinguised until all the nuclear weapons on earth are destroyed.
The A-Bomb Dome
Caption:
The Hiroshima Perfectural Industrial Promotion Hall
(Approx. 160m from the hypocenter)
This building was completed in April of 1915 under the design and supervision of Czech architect Jan Letzel, capturing the fancy of the citizens of Hiroshima with its characteristic green dome. The atomic bomb exploded at an altitude of 580m approx. 160m southeast of the Industrial Promotion Hall, instantly killing everyone inside the building which was seriously damage and completly burned out. In December 1996 this structure was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a reminder to the entire world of the horrors of the atomic bomb and a symbol of global peace.
The A101 bridge, the target of the bomb.
It took me a moment to figure out why there were water bottles on monuments around Hiroshima. Then it hit me that people were offering fresh clean water in memory to those who died here, drinking the black rain.
Ok happy times.
Ferry to Miyajima!
This is another very famous place. Recgonize the photo?
The deer here like to sit around and eat the crackers you are supposed to buy and give them.
I asked one of these dudes to bless me when I got to Hiroshima. I saw one of them doing a jig on some Japanese lady in Nara. So I gave him 200 yen and he said like 4 words and told me to be on my way.
Ramen stand at the train station. You have to buy a ticket from the machine on the left then you give it to the lasy and she gets your soup. Thing is, good luck figuring out what is what on the machine. There are a few dishes that have pictures, so you have to choose one that looks like it is edible, then read the Kanji characters and transfer that over to the button you need to press. It takes like 4 minutes to figure it out. Then you stand up and eat your Ramen before the train comes, then you spill the bowl everywhere when you try to give it back to the lady, then you say "Sumimasen, sumimasen...sumimasen". Then you bolt.
My Roykan in Fukuoka!
Beppu! The Onsen/Prostitute town!
Hot springs
walk through a graveyard to get to an onsen
finally at the onsen and it had no friggin hot springs water in it!
finally one that wasn't broken
beppu at night
As soon as I turn that corner the hookers are there. Beppu is hot springs town by day, hooker town by night.
