Couple weeks ago my exchange program took the gang to Hiroshima by bus. It was extremely crowded, but we somehow managed to fit all 56 students plus 3 teachers on this bus.
One of the many pictures taken on this trip of people sleeping on the bus.
In total it took about four or five hours to drive to Hiroshima. After that we arrived at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (広島平和記念量感) where suddenly my bioethics professor, Setoyama, appeared on the bus. Apparently the bus slowed down for like.. ten seconds so he could jump on and be our Hiroshima guide since he grew up in the area.
I didn't take very many pictures in the museum cause it somehow felt disrespectful, but there were a lot of people (especially from my program) taking pictures. But here's some from the Peace Park:
That evening we went to a youth hostel that was up on this gigantic hill and looked like it was in the middle of no where. I experienced my first public shower room with my flat mate Josephine and Alexandra. It was kind of weird at first and there were a bunch of middle school students in the shower before us. When we walked in I was half expecting it to be this way, but for Josephine and Alexandra it was utter shock. At some point I said, "screw it" and went into the shower by myself while the other two girls waited outside. After some time they sucked it up and joined me though. =) The plan after that was to join the boys in buying some booze, but they left without us to join the teachers and go explore the downtown area... So after having run down the hill in hopes of catching everyone, we had to make that same journey back up. Josephine and I shook it off and just bought some beers back at the youth hostel. It was the first time we drank together and she was amazed at how fast I get drunk. Ehee. Our group gradually got bigger and bigger as the Korean students were slowly coming back from the convenience store. We played a few drinking games and everyone was already pretty drunk by the time the other half of the class came back. We ended up being super noisy that night. Back in my room that I was sharing with like.. 8 other girls I think I was the last one to jump into bed, but was the first to wake up that morning. XD
The next day we all went to Miyajima, bright and early!
There were a lot of deer, not nearly as much as Nara though is what I heard.
You must cleanse yourself before going into a shrine.
I got another おみくじ (fortune telling). Got the same result as last time. General luck. =)
This is actually at a temple near by Itsukushima Shrine. If you walk up the steps while brushing your hand past all these sutras, you get good luck of some sort.
Found this at the souvenir shop in Miyajima... My work back in Seattle is following me...
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