We started another early day with a quick breakfast and boarding the Shinkansen to Hiroshima. After the 3 hour train ride, we arrived and had lunch at a local food court where I tried tsukamen for the first time.

After lunch, we visited the peace memorial dome. All of us were pretty solemn, but at the same time this was an important visit.

During this time, we also visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. This was another site that was definitely important to go see.

Afterwards, we took a short visit to a small castle and temple before heading to an okonomiyaki restaurant. It was very delicious and filling. Mine had various types of seafood, green onion, egg, along with other foods.

Lastly, a group made a extremely quick trip to the Pokemon center. This was the only one that had a shiny Gyardos.

We all ran back to rendezvous with the rest of the group to take the Shinkansen back to Kyoto. Overall, a very heavy day physically and emotionally but well worth the trip!

To be continued…