Our last day in Hiroshima…
A burger breakfast and iced matcha at Mos Burger
Our first Tram ride
I like that you can get your nails done at any mall at little places like this..
Hiroshima Okonomiyaki and Kakiyaki (grilled oysters) with Asahi draft beer
Sake dispensers
Cakey and a matcha latte
Some crazy turtles down the street from our hotel next to the sidewalk
Indian curry for dinner..
Exploring Hiroshima…
Shukkeien Garden
Matcha and wagashi
A cute advertisement for a restaurant
Indian Food for lunch
Dinner at a Japanese style buffet restaurant
A street tram
Thomas the train bus
Ramen for lunch…
A spicy miso and garlic pork ramen
Tea and cake at the Afternoon Tea Cafe at a fancy department store for older women
Chai tea and pumpkin cake
On a train to Hiroshima..
Our first meal in Hiroshima station
Unagi Don (eel over rice) with Mountain Yam
The view from our hotel
Dinner in a small cafe
Hamburger with green beans fried chicken, soup and potato salad
These guys made us some hot mochi taiyaki with flavored red bean paste inside
Our first full day in Hiroshima…
A community bulletin board in the park
Floating restaurants
A pretty pigeon
Hiroshima is exactly what I expected it to be like filthy with Christianity and crawling with foreigners. Over all it makes me feel a little sad and ashamed to be an American.
Other than that it’s a nice place but I would not like to come here again…
A peace memorial statue
The Atomic Bomb Dome
It was the only structure left standing after the atom bomb was dropped 
A street trolley
A cool old train
Japanese school kids
Lunch at a Chinese restaurant
Ma Po Tofu lunch set
The shopping malls in Japan are huge and very impressive
Hiroshima Castle..It’s just a replicated version of the old one.
A pretty leaf
This dude..
Ice coffee and a matcha latte
Some cute kids outside a shop watching a popular anime show
A very cute puppy waiting for me to take him home
A shrine in the middle of a busy shopping street
Dinner
Scallop pasta with salad, soup and strawberry shortcake
Our last day in Kobe…
Breakfast at Shin-Kobe station
Curry hamburger rice and egg
We spent most of the day seeing Nunobiki Falls and hiking up Mnt. Rokko
Shrines near the falls
A mountain lizard
A view of Kobe, Osaka and the ocean
Mountain Kitties
People like to take care of the cats that live near shrines with shaded beds and food
Another shrine
Totoro acorns
Cherry stems
After a long day on the mountain, we decided to eat our weight in sushi
Dessert; Ichigo Parfait with macaroon cookies
A crazy cute TV show on how to make an Ichigo parfait
A late night snack beer and candy cheese? It just looks like candy but it’s really cheese..
Good bye Kobe, I will miss you
A day trip to Osaka, the best place in Japan to get great food and do a ton of shopping…..
Breakfast at the Shin-Kobe station
curry pork katsu on top of an omelet and rice
A cute Tanuki garden
Takoyaki!
Lunch at a ticket ramen shop..
Delicious Miso Ramen and gyoza
A famous landmark of Osaka, people love having their picture taken with this guy
One of the subway stations under Osaka
Subways are the main way to get around Osaka
A flat moving escalator
Some kids practicing their break dancing moves
A late night dinner back in Kobe at a Japanese Korean bar…
miso and garlic marinated Kobe beef and beef tongue with Japanese kim chee
A night time view of a plum tree
