Japan Experiences
Hiroshima
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Almost ten years ago I was able to visit Hiroshima. This
photo shows the Gov't building that was at "Ground Zero" during
the atom bomb drop in WWII. This building remained upright, but the rest
of the city was leveled.  Hiroshima
today is a large vibrant city. If you ever go there you must visit the
memorial museum. It is a very sobering experience.
On a lighter note, here is another fun story. I had went
to Hiroshima with 2 co-workers. We had chartered a plane from Oita to
Hiroshima and had arranged for taking the train back. After walking around
Hiroshima and seeing the sights we stopped at a donut shop. I had been
keeping track of where we were. It then came time to head back to the
train station. One of the guys we'll call PK was sure we needed to go one
way, on the other hand I said we needed to go this way. I pulled out the
map and showed him where we were. He didn't believe it. However my other
companion said that he wasn't going to disagree with me, since I'm Rand
McNally. So we went my direction, and we got there. But somebody had mis-read the time.
We had arranged for a taxi to pick us up at the train
station our hotel in Oita. We had to take a certain Shinkansen and local
train to catch the taxi. We went to the ticket window to purchase tickets.
The ticket agent yelled at us saying that we had no time, train was
arriving in 2 minutes and would quickly leave. He said to run to track X.
So the 3 of us flew across the station, I don't even remember going thru
the wicket. We got to the platform just as the train stopped and jumped
on. We
rode in the non-reserve section and paid our fare when we arrived at
Kokura to transfer to the local train. What a rush!
See more photos from
our Hiroshima 2003 trip, Day 8
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