Japan is Actually an Island: Part III

Hiroshima, I would expect, is more greatly known for the site of the world's first atomic bomb. Visiting the city without seeing the peace park would feel really wrong so I headed over to the park to hang my cranes and go through the emotionally wrenching museum once again. I took a lot of pictures of the exhibits inside the museum but I don't think I will be posting any on the internet because although the museum teaches a valuable lesson about history, the content is presented in such a way where it is not saying "Look what happened to us" it is saying "Look at what you did to us." My friend Kelly had also been to the museum once before and skipped out this time for exactly this reason.
Aside from that aspect, the city is full of extremely friendly people who just want to chat with you. We ran into an super talkative granny at the Hiroshima museum of Contemporary Art who chatted to us about mothers and studying abroad for a bit. We ate delicious tempura where the chef told us all about the tasty tradition of frying food. We also went to this garden with turtles, and I swear, they were the chattiest turtles I have ever seen.

These turtles were is a traditional garden in Hiroshima...so pretty.


Yeah, SO. Most of my entire trip was spent just wandering around and looking at how different places in Japan can be. People look different too, Hiroshima people are different from people in Osaka and Okinawa and so on. During my walking travels I also realized that Hiroshima is an island too. The name actually means "wide island" and the whole city is filled with rivers and bridges and big wide streets and friendly people. And just like that my trip ended. I had to book it back the Osaka to be in time for a 7 hour taiko rehearsal because the next day was our big performance!