Last day in Hiroshima! And I haven’t done anything yet that Hiroshima (unfortunately) is know for. Today I visited the Memorial Park and Hiroshima Castle.
To start the day of I headed to the Lawson next door to purchase me some breakfast. Then headed straight to the park as it was nearby.
As the name suggest this park is filled with monuments to mourn the lives lost by the atomic bombing. One central for al victims and some groups of people have a dedicated one. So is there one for all Koreans, all children and from a specific school that had children working near the ground zero.
On the other side of the river lies the ‘famous’ Atomic Dome. The last building standing in it’s state after the bomb was dropped. Contrary to what I believed at first this wasn’t the only building left standing. Just one they eventually chose to be preserved as a sign of peace and a call out that such things should never happen again.
The Museum at the front of the park was closed due to earthquake-proofing and renovations, so that was a bummer. But the information center about the victims was open, so I spent some time there watching and listening to reports about this sad time in history.
Lunch today was Yakisoba! Although had I know they gave free rice-refills before I ordered my meal at the machine. I probably would’ve went for a rice dish. This one was good, but nothing special to write about.
After lunch I made my way to some older culture. The Hiroshima Castle. When entering the premises of the castle you pass trough a side building and a temple before entering the castle garden. This castle isn’t as big as the ones I saw before. Inside it told the history of the castle and the many times it was rebuild. Most recently after the A-bomb.
After the castle I made my way to the shopping district visiting the shounen jump store, the Pokémon Center, yellow submarine and the local animate.
Then headed back to the hostel to see some League of Legends on the beamer. Unfortunately Fnatic (Europe) lost really hard to Invictus Gaming (China) in the finals of the world championship.
A bit down from the loss I wanted some comfort found and found that in the form of pasta. It wasn’t the greatest but what can you expect from Y400 pasta? Also ordered some garlic bread to finish off my meal.