Hiroshima-Miyajima

おはよう (Good morning)! This is the view from our cosy little hotel room here in Hiroshima, and it has been quite a busy day! As we unfortunately had only one day to spend here we were obliged to visit the typical attractions, but we were blessed with wonderful weather the whole time, and the experience was nothing short of unique ❤

Our first stop was to visit the Hiroshima Dome and Peace Park, standing in honour of the memory of those killed on the events of August 6th 1945.

Possibly the most striking things around this area are the sudden expanses of bright colours from the thousands of folded paper cranes that are strung around the park and monuments. Paper cranes in Japan represent peace, and there is a legend that folding 1,000 of them will grant the maker a wish (in the case of the young Sadako Sasaki, whom the cranes were originally folded for, the wish to overcome the illness that she had contracted from the atomic bomb attack). There were many curtains of such colour to be seen throughout the walk, and it was here that I chose to begin my own mission of launching a crane on every day of my stay. For more information on that, check out the "Taking Flight - Crane Day" link to the right (^o^)v)

After leaving our prayers at the Peace Park we got ourselves on a wonderful little ferry and made our way to the picturesque and delightful island of Miyajima, just ten minutes over the water and famous for its iconic red gate in the water (and the most adorable deer ambling about the place at their own pace!)

The views on Miyajima were truly wonderful, and I'm only sorry that this is quite a rushed post but we are indeed sleepy soldiers wish a very VERY long journey up to Tokyo ahead of us tomorrow. Our EXTREMELY brief visit to Hiroshima has been amazing, and breathtakingly beautiful - the food is tasty, the people so terribly friendly, the sky the most beautiful blue and carrying the most stunning crescent moon at night So it is with regret that we tuck ourselves in for one more night's sleep here before hitting up the capital tomorrow. So until next time folks, be excellent to eachother.

- 88

Ending =/= Beginning

Was it an easy flight? No, not by a long shot! But that is indeed another story that features two infants and 12 hours of sleepless flight, a story most definitely not for this blog. What matters is that we landed safe and well, London > Seoul > Hiroshima!

And we had that beautiful moment when you step out of the station, jet-lagged and carrying far too many bags (17.1kg mind you, not the 20+ I originally expected!), and you turn around to find that your hotel is right behind you. Beautiful.

These lovely three people were here to greet us when we arrived. And so it looks like the adventure begins!

よろしくおねがいします！


- 88

X-DAY

So it turns out that I really hate packing.



How should I know how heavy 20kg is?


.... I'm sure it's not as heavy as this.


Preparations incomplete - naturally -, this will be the last post in a while from our fair British Isles. Next time you hear from me, folks, will be from the land of the rising sun.


Wish me luck!


- 88

Introductions

When not searching for blue skies and sunlight it's moonbeams and starlight, and it's the comfort in knowing that everything I search for will always be around me, ready for the finding.

brand new sunrise is here to try to document some (hopefully) fun travels in Japan, an extreme escape, a leap of faith, and I can only hope to provide some entertainment to those of you to stumble by this way!

It's not so much chasing dreams as it is finding them. Once they're found this time, I'm not letting go.

The great duties of life are written with a sunbeam.

- 88

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