May 25th:

Today was a bit challenging. I am staring to get sick and we are going to be out all day. Not to mention the weight of going to the Hiroshima museum was more than I expected There were many school groups with young young kids going into the museum that had very graphic and tragic content. The children also preformed speeches and bowed to a memorial statue as well. It was a lot different from any school field trip in the states.

Because of the intensity and out of respect I avoided taking photos in the museum I did get a few others of the dome building that is still standing.

On a lighter note Skyler and Emma accidentally ordered alcoholic drinks for lunch at 11 am and Skyler actually drank a decent amount of them. I also got a chance to try some banana and caramel mochi balls at Starbucks.

After the museum and talking to some Japanese children that were very curious about Sten we headed to an old castle were we mostly watched fish and took a short sitting break.

And finally we had a HUGE dinner. I am the only one who didn’t finish their food I don’t know how everyone did it I was in pain. It was so yummy though. I was attempting to understand Yuko and the chef speak in Japanese but I probably looked like a children just staring at them while critically thinking.

bonus image: sten’s head