Japan
November 7, 2026 Hiroshima Another bullet train adventure. It's getting easier each time we take a train. Well, for us but not necessarily for our tour leader. Today, there was a lot of discussion about what line we needed to be in because we had a group ticket. If you know Ed, you know he had a way to measure the speed the bullet train. The trains were going around 275 km/hr. Somehow he still managed to take a few photos. This appears to be the yard where the bullet trains rest. A city. A small town. We saw a couple of these gold guys. I think they are based on the one of the seven lucky gods in Buddhism. We arrived in Hiroshima around noon, so we had time to wander or eat lunch before walking over to the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park. The park is on a small island across from the epi centre of the explosion of the atomic bomb. Near our hotel is a group of trees that are atomic bomb survivors. A large Shinto Shrine stood in front of the trees and block them from...