We're back in our hostel bar!

Got up early this morning to take the 2h train to Hiroshima. I slept most of the way...

We went straight to the peace memorial park and the museum. It was a rather tough morning. Very sad to see the effects of the atom bomb. Had a nice chat with a Japanese man and his two kids though. They wanted to know where I came from and why I was there. We chatted for a good 15 minutes. When he lost his words, he found them using his mobile phone. That is technology for you.

Feeling very down towards lunch-time we decided to cheer us up by going to Miyajima, a pretty little island in Hiroshima bay. Watched the sunset there and headed back to Kyoto. We are now starting to get very good in using the train system and local transport :-)

Tomorrow we are off to Koya-san, a monastery up in the mountains. I picked the ryokan without internet connection, but it has an onsen (hot spring spa), so probably no postings until we are back in Kyoto on Friday.

Until then...