Hiroshima by day

Finally back from my long weekend and in a mood to share. Two days in Hiroshima taking in the history and the annual flower festival, and a day spent roaming around Miyajima Island and it's famous floating torii, "officially" one of the three most picturesque views in all of Japan. Here's what it looks like on a computer screen.


monument for victims of the a-bomb


a brighter view of the peace museum


the A-bomb Dome


Hiroshima castle from afar


kids love wild deer


the Seto Naikai from Mt. Misen


the floating torii at high tide...


...and at low tide


THE WORLD'S LARGEST WOODEN SPATULA (!!)


If I ever come across a real tanuki, I pray he looks
like this and is surrounded by tiny aliens.