The afternoon of the 6th, we left Tokyo by bullet train.
We stopped in the city of Mt Fuji to see the famous mountain. It is beautiful.
The bullet trains are amazing. Very fast, clean, efficient and safe. An attendant comes by and offers drinks for sale, tea, coffee. Coffee is very expensive everywhere in Japan. $4.00 per cup, served 3/4 full and no cream or milk!
The subway or train stations are always busy with lots of people. I feel this picture does not do it justice! There are a LOT of people!
It is common to see girls in kimonos at the stations.
We also saw some sumo wrestlers and monks.
Community planning in Tokyo is in its infant stages.
Houses are anywhere and everywhere.
Lots of umbrellas - even while riding a bike. Lots of masks.
The cars in Japan are smaller by a lot!
And the traffic is incredible.
We took a ferry out to Miyajima to see the Itsukushima Shrine.
It is listed as a World Heritage site. This is the torii that greets you.
It appears to be floating in the water.
The stone work is to hold a candle for an evening lantern.
It is very beautiful and the town is very Banff-esque.
Small shops. Lots of restaurants and full of tourists!
Goju-no-to Pagoda
This is at low tide. When we first saw this, water was covering the land.
The stone work we saw was incredible.
Shopping anyone?
We left Miyajima and traveled to Hiroshima.
We traveled by trolley in that city. So quaint.
This domed building was the only thing left
standing for 2 kilometers in every direction.
We went through the A bomb museum. What a moving experience.
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There is a wall in the museum displaying every letter written
by the mayor of Hiroshima to any country that conducts a nuclear test.
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