I didn’t think that Hiroshima would be as moving or emotional as I thought that it would be, the peace museum has a wealth of information that takes you through the whole story of the atomic bomb and it’s after effects to the point that I had to stop to take a breather.

The city is well worth the visit for the Peace Park alone, because not only is there enough to do but it is just such a great place to sit and relax, read a book and watch the world go by, such a well designed place and typical Japanese style everything has its place as you can see from the A-Bomb dome to the Flame of Peace.

The nightlife isn’t that bad either, I was looking for a beer and granted that I had to walk a couple of kilometers but I found a Irish pub where I watched the Fiji vs South Africa game with a whole lot of expats and locals, haven’t had as much fun yet.

Transport around Japan is ridiculously easy, it is almost too easy all I have to do is check out at the hotel go to the JR station in town and tell them that I want to go to Kyoto next, they tell me when the next train is, I show them my JR Pass and I get a reserved seat. Trains run so often that it is never a problem and because these are the Shinkansen they take hardly any time to run between cities. I sometimes feel a bit cheated because coming from India where travel can often be difficult and it is so easy here, but the amazing side of Japan more than makes up for it.

I took the option of doing a day trip to a place called Miyajima Island, which is just off the cost of Japan about an hour away from Hiroshima, it is famous for the Tori gate that it has which looks like it floats when the tide comes in. Unfortunately I was there during low tide so didn’t get that most famous of views, but the island was still excellent place to visit if not for the tori gate & shrine, there are some fantastic views and walks around the parks on the island as well.