Last day in Kobe, capsule didn’t come with breakfast so off I go to the nearest Famima. There I got myself some Green Tea and a Melonpan. Then it was time to travel to Shin-Kobe station where I had to take the Shinkansen to Hiroshima.
Arrived Shin-Kobe I put my luggage in a locker and searched for the entrance to the mountain path. Hidden behind the station. It’s really weird that you can just turn your back to civilization and be surrounded by nature in like a four minute walk? Anyways on the road to the top of the mountain you pass by a number of waterfalls with the biggest one being 42 meters high! In this mountain slope they also build a dam to keep a steady water-supply going. 
On my way up I met a group of 5-7 year olds with their teachers? On a class trip to the dam. But woow are these tough kids. Some parts of the climb are very steep steps.
I should note that there’s also a ropeway that you can use to go the 450m up the mountain with a stop in the middle as the upper half of the way also hosts a herb garden.
I walked up all the way, ate lunch in the observatory and took the ropeway back to shin-kobe station.
When travelling by JR-pass the best way to go to Hiroshima from Shin-Kobe is by taking 2 Shinkansen, the Hikari to Okayama and change there to the Sakura. I believe you can also just take the Kodama, but that one is slower.
Anyways, arrived in Hiroshima I took the bus to my hostel for the next three nights. there I was greeted by the fellow on the right. Somehow it was already pretty dark at 17:00, I’m not used to that.
So in the dark I went to the shopping district, sought out some weeb stores and a place to eat.
Also noticed a Mahjong Zoo on the way there, maybe I should jump in there someday?
of them a memorial for the great earthquake in 1995. Which showed pictures both before and after the disaster struck. By now everything has been rebuild or replaced with new stuff except for one small part they left as it was after the accident.
By now it was nearing check-in time so I made my way back to the station. Passing by a statue of Elvis and treated myself to a fruit filled crêpe. Looks like it was nearing closing time as it was suddenly ‘crepe day’ – all crepes for Y330. “Lucky!”.
Back on the main shopping street in this district I settled for another restaurant where you order and pay at a machine. Really convenient! How the hell are you supposed to eat a fried egg with chopsticks? I cut off some egg white and eventually just slurped up the yolk and what was remaining from the egg white.