Today our original plan to visit the island of Itsukushima has been postponed until tomorrow, as a result of issues on the trainline. So we had a trip to Hiroshima Castle.
Another special manhole cover discovered on our walk there.
I thought I'd share the regimental way that everyone parks in Japan. Everyone reverses into their space and ensure that they are in the middle of it. Maybe they all have hands free parking as it's sooo neat.
Japan is keen on using mascots - this is the new castle mascot called Shirōnya.
I hadn't really thought about the fact that Hiroshima Castle is a replica. The original was completely flattened with the A Bomb as it's about a mile from the epicentre of the bomb (A Bomb Dome/epicentre circled). It was rebuilt along with everything else in Hiroshima.
Amazingly 195 trees survived after the A Bomb. This is one near the castle.
There is blossom out but not the Cherry blossom everyone gets excited about over here. This is a type of plum blossom.
Around the castle the moat is teeming with Koi carp. We just happened to be crossing a bridge at official feeding time so were given food to throw out to them.
And just round the corner was a Koi manhole cover!
On our walk Ian spotted a car parking stacking system. We were trying to work out how the top car came out if there was one underneath 😄.
Shukkeien Garden originated in the 18th century. It was totally destroyed in 1945, as it was close to the epicentre, but has been replaced and replanted over the intervening years.
More blossom but not the elusive cherry variety.
Today I tried out the do it yourself fruit smoothie from a 7/11 supermarket. After buying the frozen fruit you put the container in a smoothie blender in the shop.
Hey Presto! One yummy smoothie!
With the trains back on track and the forecast looking good, it's off to Itsukushima in the morning.
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