Friday, April 20, 2018

Day 10: Friday April 20


The coffee is on.


Kyoto railway station.


Luke and I are headed to the Kyoto Tower.



Views from the Kyoto Tower.










We were staying in the area in the distance.












Ready to board the Shinkansen for Hiroshima.



Shots from the Shinkansen.













Baseball and football are the two most popular sports of the young.


Hiroshima


Atomic Bomb Dome







Several guys holding screens to protect the public from any flying debris from the whipper snippers.




The Ota River.







Children's Peace Monument






They are all paper cranes.




Peace Flame





This is the tree.


Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum











Some of the actual paper planes made by Sadako Sasaki of the Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.


Sadako in her coffin.






National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims











I've finally struck gold!








Dinner was at a very non-Japanese pub called Kemby's Beer Pub.



We were joined by an Israeli.


























Irene enjoyed a few liquid refreshments at the pub.


Our apartment's street.

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