I’m back home, in good old Saitama. As usual, the trip went like a breeze, I arrived 20 minutes before my flight, checked in, passed security and boarded my flight all in one stride. Not the shadow of a line anywhere, a wonder for french guy used to american and european airports. Then once I got to Haneda, I still had 2 hours of train to reach the hell-hole of Saitama where I live… まあね、しょうがない！
In the 4 days I had left, having lost 3 to the flu, here’s what I managed to accomplish:
- Visited 平和公園 and the Peace museum, as seen in the attached photo of the A-bomb dome.
- Went to 宮島 and got to see all the sights. However I missed the monkeys at the top of the island since the ropeway was not open yet and the fast road by foot had been destroyed by a typhoon and they were rebuilding it.
- Checked out the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art.
- Shopping in 本通, the little Shinjuku of Hiroshima.
You might say “It ain’t much!” but the purpose of the trip was to spend time with my girlfriend who moved out 2 months ago, not sight-seeing. That mission was accomplished. I’ll post more photos of stuff I saw in the coming week.
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