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.
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