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Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:04 AM
Brent's Japan Adventure, Part 5!!!!
 1:04 AM June 29th, Kyoto; 9:04 AM June 28th, ArizonaThese last couple days have been a bit of a downer and the fact that we leave after tomorrow doesn't help either. First, on Monday we had to say goodbye to our homestay families, which was really sad for all of us. Ricky and I got to know our family really well and I think everyone was sad to part ways. We then boarded the Bullet train (hereby referred to as the "Shinkansen") for Hiroshima. I must say, that is the way to travel. You just buy a ticket and walk on to the train, then bam! you're off at over 175mph! It took us maybe 3 or so hours to Hiroshima, which isn't bad at all. After we arrived in Hiroshima we went to the Peace memorial which was really depressing. The museum there has tons of stuff like wax models of a-bomb victims with third degree burns and their clothing fused into their bleeding flesh while they pick through ruins searching for loved ones. Really, really depressing. The whole afternoon was pretty overwhelming. After the peace park we went shopping for a little bit and then to the hotel. At this point the trip got a little more depressing because stories started coming out that some people got alcohol poisoning while at the homestays, and the hotel staff reported seeing several members of the group smoking outside. Needless to say we had a majority of our privileges revoked. Then this morning we went to Miyajima island to see the Shinto shrine there. It was a really neat shrine that is built out off the shore, so that when high tide comes in the water is literally inches below your feet. There were also a lot of really tame deer on the island who just hung out in the city looking for handouts from tourists. That was kinda strange. After the island we boarded the bus and drove for two hours to Himeji castle. This castle was huge, and it had lots of special defenses. I would not want to be attacking this place. Next we drove another couple hours to Kyoto and arrived at our hotel, where despite the clear skies earlier, it was raining. Luckily the rain stopped just as we were going to dinner. And now it's really late, so I'm going to take a shower and get some sleep. I'll post more later. | Random Picture: We really saw this in Tokyo, I have some more crazy sign pictures to post in a bit. If you want a picture posted as a random picture, then send it to me at eagle8635@gmail.com
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