Off to the Peace Park

Greetings from Hiroshima. We are about to head for the Peace Park and the spot of the A-Dome where the atomic bomb had landed in 1945.

Therefore this post will be a bit short. Yesterday morning we left Kyoto after attempting the popular Philosopher's walk which Giulia decided to term the Crazy Man's walk. I should suggest we patent this, who knows maybe in 10 years time if we return the guide books will use this name instead.

It got hot rather early and we had to walk from one temple to another under the Eastern mountains of Kyoto. But amid twists and turns, no signage and hills and stairs, and a wrong turning which resulted in us climbing countless stairs only to end up in a Japanese cemetery we despaired so much that we returned back to the hotel and headed for Hiroshima taking an earlier train than scheduled.

From here we went to the picturesque Miyajima Island which was beautiful. There is the most famous Torii gate of Japan which ends up in the sea when the tide comes up. Needless to say I took countless photos.

Since the tide was down, there were hundreds of Japanese gathering clams on the beach. After some sightseeing and two cable car rides with impressive scenery we returned back to find the Torii gate covered by the sea. A really relaxing and pleasent scene. We didn't want to return back to Hiroshima and attempted to find a restaurant on the island but most were closed. Presumably its not high season yet.

Photos as usual are on www.flickr.com/photos/brincs/