Japan Diary #2

Hiroshima happened to be one of Tim and I's favourite cities that we visited in Japan. Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was a really humbling and educational experience, and the entry fee was only 50 yen (about 60 cents), as their primary aim is one of world education rather than profit-making. Most people acknowledge Hiroshima for being the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in WWII; a place of ultimate and immediate destruction. To be honest that was all I associated Hiroshima with as well, but the overall impression it left us with was one of peacefulness and friendliness. The city was picturesque (Hiroshima has six rivers flowing through the city...