Origami and Earthquakes!!: April 2007

Hiroshima Day 2

We walked through the Peace Memorial Park for a second time
on our way to the Peace Memorial Museum
(This is the Gembaku Dome again)

Paper cranes and messages of peace
from around the world at the Atomic Bomb Hypcentre
(This is where mom thought I was taking pictures
with some random Japanese tourists...hmmmm)

The visit to the Museum was emotional and informative.
Too bad the weather wasn't cooperating!

Before leaving Hiroshima we ate okonomiyaki.
Okonomiyaki is an Hiroshima specialty. It is kind of like a pancake with egg,
bacon, cabbage and your favourite ingredients!
I added cheese to mine, Mom and Carla added kimchi (spicy Korean cabbage)

I think Carla tasted something 'fishy'

Mmmm...okonomiyaki! (say that 10 times fast)
The restaurant was really crammed and there was a
huge line to get in when we left!

Hiroshima Day 1

After Iwaki (and a brief, rainy stop in Tokyo)
we took a 6 hour Bullet train ride to Hiroshima.
On the way Carla and I discovered the wonderfulness of
hot coffee in a can- from a vending machine!