Thursday, October 20: Hiroshima peace memoria, Miyajima, Hiroshima Carp baseball game

• A-bomb Dome Building that survived the atomic bomb. / Tom
• A-bomb Dome / Kitty
• A-bomb Dome from bridge / Kitty
• Past the A-bomb dome building, you cross the river to the peace memorial park
• On the edge of the park is a set of display cases for paper cranes brought to the memorial by students from all over the world
• Sculpture near display cases / Tom
• Cranes display cases / Kitty
• Cranes close up / Kitty
• Peace park and museum complex / Jackson
• Cenotaph / Kitty
• A cenotaph is an empty tomb, or a monument in honor of a person or group whose remains are elsewhere.
• Every day, student groups visit the Hiroshima peace park and museum from all over Japan
• Children visiting peace park / Kitty
• Children visiting peace park / Kitty
• Children visiting peace park / Jackson
• Children visiting peace park / Kitty
• Children visiting peace park / Kitty
• Waiting for the trolley back to the train station / Tom; [Tom]

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• To get to Miyajima, take the train to Miyajima guchi, then the ferry across to the island of Miyajima.
• (Technically, the island is Itsukushima and the village is Miyajima, but often Miyajima is used to refer to the island itself.)
• On the ferry / Kitty; [Steve]
• On the ferry / Jackson
• On the ferry / Tom
• On the ferry / Kitty
• Entrances to shrines are usually fronted by a torii gate; the floating torii gate of Miyajima is famous.
• (Note: the gate only appears to be floating.)
• Miyajima torii gate / Kitty
• Miyajima torii gate / Jackson
• Miyajima torii gate / Jackson
• Stone lanterns / Jackson
• Stone lanterns and Miyajima torii gate / Tom
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• One of the "features" of Miyajima is the abudance of free roaming deer. Charming pests.
• Awww, look how cute he is! / Kitty
• Kerstin, look out! / Kitty; [Kerstin, Mary]
• Hey, back off! / Tom; [Kerstin, Kitty]
• Plays well with young children / Jackson
• They eat anything! (click to see a short, related video) / Kitty
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• Wandering around the island / Kitty; [Barry, Anne]
• You can go kayaking / Kitty
• I think we need to go this way / Tom; [Kitty, Steve]
• Walking along a beautiful stream / Tom; [Donna, Kerstin, Kitty]
• Rickshaw waiting / Tom
• Typical storefront / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Tom
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Jackson
• The beautiful Itsukushima shrine / Tom
• The five-story pagoda / Tom
• The five-story pagoda / Kitty
• The five-story pagoda / Jackson
• The five-story pagoda / Tom
• The five-story pagoda / Tom
• Senjokaku shrine / Jackson
• Senjokaku shrine / Jackson
• Senjokaku shrine / Jackson
• Shrine / Tom
• Shrine / Tom
• T-shirt on the ferry back / Jackson

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• That evening, most of the group went to see the Hiroshima Carp play baseball in the Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium
• The team mascot is a young Denver man, Brendon Bradley
• The stadium / Donna
• Field in play / Tom
• Closer look / Jackson
• Batter up / Jackson
• Big screen / Jackson
• In our box, chatting with Andrew Gibler / Tom; [Barry, Tom, Jackson]
• Brendon, the mascot / Kitty
• The mascot at work / Jackson
• Food and drink at the stadium / Jackson
• Food and drink at the stadium / Tom; [Mary, Kitty]
• Food and drink at the stadium / Tom; [Donna, Barry, Tom]
• Food and drink at the stadium / Tom; [Kitty]
• Mascot signing autographs / Tom
• Marcia with poster / Jackson; [Marcia]
• Mary with poster / Tom; [Mary]
• Ramen restaurant on the way home / Jackson