TTT2019: Day 6--Hiroshima

We boarded the Sakura Shinkansen, taking us from Shin-Osaka to Hiroshima.  My traditional bento with sake and beer:

Teriyaki beef over rice with egg and side something, with beer and sake, plus tsukemono chips.  A bit much you say?  Well, I got significantly one-upped today by an Indonesian couple.  They said that they went to a special outlet at the Shin-Osaka Station and had them fix for them an octopus over rice bowl, and two kinds of Japanese wagyu beef:

You will note that their can of beer is larger than mine, and, they had half a carton of sake.  Jen and Judy once lived in San Francisco and Hawaii, and now own an island in Indonesia, where they own a skin-diving resort  which is for some a bucket-list site.  Clearly, I'll need to upgrade my Bullet Train meal package.

That photo below is shown because in it is Himeji Castle, the largest in Japan.  It is located in the city of Himeji.  

On arrival, we were met by my Blue-Bar Pigeon:

Just at the foot of our hotel, the Hiroshima Sheraton, is a sightseeing loop bus system which is free if you have a Japan Rail Pass.  We went to the Hiroshima Peace Park:

There were only a few blooming cherry trees:

The next must if you're in Hiroshima is to catch the JR train from Hiroshima to Miyajima, then board the JR ferry to the island:

That's an oyster farm.  Then, of course, the famous Miyajima Torii, the Shinto Itsukushima Shrine.

Sakura here and there up the hill.  Many deers on the island:

This one was standing in line to enter the restaurant.

A samurai named Taira, who almost became Shogun.  Sights and cuisine:

Spaghetti sandwich?  Actually this makes sense, for many have garlic bread with pasta.

Returning to Hiroshima, we got a corner room at the Hiroshima Sheraton, and I show these two photos, because this is what we see, imagining what they looked like after Little Boy, the Uranium Bomb, fell on 6August1945:

Hawaii has a special sister-city relationship with Hiroshima, for many, if not most, of Japanese roots can be traced back to this area.  I am the only one I know in Hawaii who is originally linked to Hokkaido.

The executive lounge here is fine:

In particular, I had a Suntory Japon on ice, a green tea liquor which I'll need to get at Duty Free before I leave for Honolulu.  I was talked into this photo taken by Mystery Lady:

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