On Wednesday afternoon, we hopped on the shinkansen even further south to Hiroshima. The weather was great, so we were going to walk to the Peace Park, but Adam saw the streetcars and had to ride. Once we got to the Peace Park, we enjoyed the river and the open space (open for Japan, anyway).
A nice view of the A-Bomb Dome (ruins of the former Industrial Promotion Hall, left as a visual reminder of the death and destruction caused by the atomic bomb).
The Children's Peace Memorial.
The memorial is surrounded by paper cranes made and sent to Hiroshima from children around the world.
A view of the Memorial Cenotaph (the Museum is behind you) - you can see the Eternal Flame and then the A-Bomb Dome through the cenotaph.
The Peace Park is filled with roses sent from all over the world.
Another view of the A-Bomb Dome with the azaleas in bloom.
On our walk back to the hotel, we found a real steam engine outside the Children's Museum. You could climb in and "drive." Adam and Lottie were very excited.
For dinner, we were determined to eat okonomiyaki (a Japanese omlet of sorts - it's cabbage, meat, possibly noodles, with egg, all fried up on a grill, with a sauce poured on top). Okonomiyaki is a Hiroshima specialty. We found two places in the train station that served it.
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