Never been to Hiroshima before, but I felt comfortable walking around late at night with expensive camera equipment. That's a great litmus test I think for how safe a city is.
Again, love these shelters
A spiral staircase allows pedestrians to cross the street without disrupting traffic. There should be more of these everywhere!
Ok, I'm cheating a little because this was the next day, but it matches :)
I've been looking forward to coming here for a long time. Mostly for the memorial, but also for the sign of something different. Of a city that had undergone some dramatically obvious change. Instead I find the resilience of the Japanese people. The city is different than others, but it didn't feel defined or scarred by tragedy. It makes me wonder how long the world trade center site will remain a gaping hole, and a center for controversy.
Love the shelters in this city.
Also love the trolleys. Electricity for the win.
The best tsukemen I had was here. One of my most memorable meals.
Last day on this island. I will be back.
Frog!
Goodbye Yakushima. I will miss you forever.
I could bombard you with endless pictures of green, but I'll summarize for the sake of the backlog of other pics I have waiting. We of course eventually made it to see Jomon. Sadly, due to my worrying that we didn't have enough time to make it back, we didn't stay long enough to take time in taking some pictures. Oddly enough we paused to snack just 30 mins or so before reaching the top. Perhaps I'll make another pilgrimage to see Jomon. Without further adieu...
Like I said, I didn't get a lot of time to take a good pic. 
The way back was a mad dash to make it in time to catch our bus. If I remember correctly, hiking in took 5-6 hours. But hiking back was easily half that. Whoops. Here is a blue shed and a green shed living in perfect harmony
I think this was there to get rid of some rubble that blocked part of the trail due to a rock slide.
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