Hiroshima, mon amour
Nov. 19th, 2005 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tikistitchAnother slight change of plans, as we took the bullet train down to Hiroshima to see the Peace Park today. We learned the down side to J-trains: our first leg, we mistakenly took seats in the smoking compartment, which soon turned grey with floating carcinogens.
Some unsettling things about the A-bomb memorial, the primary of which, bands our Japanese tourists getting their photos taken, happy & smiling, in front of the A-bomb dome.
Some unsettling things about the A-bomb memorial, the primary of which, bands our Japanese tourists getting their photos taken, happy & smiling, in front of the A-bomb dome.
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Date: 2005-11-19 05:33 am (UTC)Yup, same thing happened to us. It was creepy seeing all these kids run around because for them it's just another lame required field trip, and you're there thinking "uh, do you know why I made a point to visit?" In my case, the kids trying to crash the photo I was taking of the Korean
slave laborguest workers memorial was particularly bad. Guys, any other part of Japan, sure, but...no subject
Date: 2005-11-19 04:40 pm (UTC)