Omishima to Hiroshima

We were up early to enable us to get the bus from Omishima at 0810 to Fukuyama. We had breakfast at WAKKA and the staff drove us to the bus station. We had coffee at the Railway Station before boarding the Shinkansen at 1028 for Hiroshima (30 min journey).
We left our luggage at our Hotel, very near the railway station and (eventually!!) found the Hop on Hop off bus. We did the whole loop and then rode onto the Atomic Bomb Dome - one of the few structures that remained partially intact after the bomb.
We then visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum - an absolutely huge building that shows, quite chillingly, the effects on Hiroshima of the Atomic Bomb. The short term and long term effects on the community have been devastating.
We have discovered there isn't a huge amount to see in Hiroshima, so we may even go to an art gallery and the botanical gardens tomorrow!
My apologies if you received this Footprint obviously incomplete - I uploaded rather than saving it as a draft!
Tonight we are going down to the Lawson Convenience Store for a prepared dinner and a bottle of red which we will enjoy in our room!Leia mais