Friday, October 29, 2010

Day 13: Hiroshima in Black and White

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.


4/26/2010
Again, love these shelters



4/26/2010
A spiral staircase allows pedestrians to cross the street without disrupting traffic. There should be more of these everywhere!



4/27/2010
Ok, I'm cheating a little because this was the next day, but it matches :)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Day 12: Hiroshima

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.


4/26/2010
Love the shelters in this city.



4/26/2010
Also love the trolleys. Electricity for the win.



4/26/2010
The best tsukemen I had was here. One of my most memorable meals.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Day 11: Goodbye

Last day on this island. I will be back.


4/25/2010



4/25/2010
Frog!



4/26/2010
Goodbye Yakushima. I will miss you forever.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Day 10: Long story short

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...


4/25/2010
Like I said, I didn't get a lot of time to take a good pic.



4/25/2010
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



4/25/2010
I think this was there to get rid of some rubble that blocked part of the trail due to a rock slide.