On Friday 20th September, the New Zealand Herald reported on the crane that little Sadako Sasaki made for the world. The family donated the crane to the new Pearl Harbor Museum that serves as a memorial to the suffering of the American marines in 1941.
Category Archives: Hiroshima 広島
Miyajima, Hiroshima
Miyajima, Hiroshima
Hiroshima City Butterfly House ひろしましこんちゅうかん 広島市昆虫館
Here is the link, but be prepared, it is in Japanese:
Address:
広島市森林公園こんちゅう館
(post code) 〒732-0036
広島市東区福田町字藤ヶ丸173
Telephone:082-899-8964
Facsimile:082-899-8233
This is a great link for which you need no language
Just enjoy Hiroshima entertainment:
Just enjoy Hiroshima entertainment:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DCB78E2175A96956
(watch especially video 25 about kabuto-mushi)
Modern Hiroshima 現代の広島 げんだいのひろしま
広島 ひろしま Hiroshima
Hiroshima Castle with moat. These days it is all concrete with steel and wood on the outside. As is clear, apart from the museum and the Dome, there are no reminders of the events some 60 years ago if it were not for the pain still felt in many hearts.
おこのみやき
Hiroshima is well known for its delicious okonomiyaki eating places.
A new addition to the Hiroshima skyline are the gondola.
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Towards the entrance of Meiji Jingu in Tokyo
Outside Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto
Torii Gate とりい
Torii Gate とりい
Before Toshogu
JR700 Even more wow!
Comfort and convenience on wheels
Inside the carriage above the doors the display shows the next stations where the train will stop. It will be in Japanese, as well as in English. The display will run in time for passengers to get themselves ready should they need to leave the train. The announcer will also explain the stop in Japanese as well as in English.
The Nozomi Super Express to Himeji,
where you could visit Japan’s most beautiful castle.
The Super Express to Hakata (= Fukuoka)
Train will stop at stations: Shin-Osaka, Shin-Kobe,
(The word Shin here means Shin-kansen station)
310 Clocks 時計 とけい
いちじ ごふん
ichiji-gofun
いちじ よんじゅうごふん
ichiji-jūgofun
いちじ ごじゅっぷん
ichiji-gojuppun
いちじ ごじゅうごふん
ichiji-gojūgofun
さんじ はん
sanji-han
にじ よんじゅっぷん
niji-yonjuppun
さんじ にじゅっぷん まえ
sanji-nijuppun–mae
にじ ごじゅっぷん
niji-gojuppun
よじ じゅうごふん
yoji-jūgofun
よじ さんじゅうごふん
yoji-sanjūgofun
よじ ごじゅっぷん
yoji-gojuppun
ろくじ さんじゅうごふん
rokuji-sanjūgofun
はちじ
hachiji
The saddest clock in Japan – the Hiroshima Watch
はちじ じゅうごふん
hachiji-jūgofun
はちじ にじゅっぷん
hachiji-nijuppun
はちじ はん
hachiji-han
はちじ よんじゅうごふん
hachiji-yonjūgofun
くじ よんじゅっぷん
kuji-yonjuppun
じゅうじ きゅうふん
jūji-kyūfun
じゅうじ じゅっぷん
jūji-juppun
じゅうじ じゅうはちふん
jūji–jūhachifun
じゅういちじ さんじゅうごふん
jūichiji-sanjūgofun
じゅういちじ よんじゅうごふん
jūichiji-yonjūgofun
じゅういちじ ごじゅうごふん
jūichiji-gojūgofun
じゅうにじ
jūniji
じゅうにじ にじゅっぷん
jūniji-nijuppun
じゅうにじ にじゅうごふん
jūniji-nijūgofun
じゅうにじ よんじゅっぷん
jūniji-yonjuppun
いちじ にじゅっぷんまえ
ichiji-nijuppun–mae
にじ じゅうごふん
niji-jūgofun
にじ にじゅうごふん
niji-ni jūgofun
ろくじ ごじゅうごふん
rokuji-gojūgofun
くじ
kuji
くじ じゅうごふん
kuji-jūgofun
Trams 路面電車 ろめんでんしゃ
ろめんでんしゃで どこに いきますか
where are you going on the tram?
ろめんでんしゃで びょういんに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the hospital?
ろめんでんしゃで どっくまえに いきますか
are you going on the tram to Dokkumae?
Hiroshima tram
ろめんでんしゃで へいわこうえんに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the Peace Park?
ろめんでんしゃで デパートに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the department store?
ろめんでんしゃで うちに かえりますか
are you going home on the tram?
ろめんでんしゃで みなとに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the harbour?
ろめんでんしゃで だいがくに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the university?
Enoden Kamakura
ろめんでんしゃで だいぶつえんに いきますか
are you going on the tram to the Daibutsu Park?
で に か
by (means of transport) to ?
Bullet Trains 新幹線 しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
This is your seat ticket travelling from Nagoya to Kyōto, Tokyo to Nagaoka etc. on the Shinkansen, or Bullet Train.
For tourists from outside Japan there is a much cheaper option to travel longer distances. This is easier if you buy a so-called Japan Rail Pass outside Japan first. You can exchange the voucher for a pass, which would entitle you to unlimited travel on JR for one or two or three weeks. Remember though that the Rail Pass can only be bought OUTSIDE Japan. Here is the link to more information on this subject.
It is an important piece of information to know that all Shinkansen (Bullet Train) stations are quite separate from ordinary stations. The Shinkansen stations tend to be “upstairs” and you need your tickets before you can get in. In order to separate the two stations, the Shinkansen stations are talked about as “Shin Osaka”, or “Shin Yokohama”, or Shin Kōbe “; that way no one is confused.
On the platform the space where the train doors will be opening, with their numbers, has already been marked.
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
First class Green Seat Compartment
博多 はかた Hakata
is the old name for
福岡 ふくおか Fukuoka
and it is still used by the railways
(for the western line, it is the end of the line)
The lady with the trolley will travel up and down the train for passengers who would like to buy some food or drinks and who do not wish to make use of the dearer option in the dining car. You could of course bring your own prepared food with you, as long as you do not impose on other travelling guests.
A little commercial break
Here is an important Japanese word; Japanese HATE it, they LOATH it;
it is sooooo un-Japanese:
迷惑 めいわく imposition meiwaku
bother, nuisance, trouble
bubble-crushers, loud-mouths, mess-makers, whingers
To bother other people, to impose on them, to make someone else responsible for your issues, to waste other people’s time, to burden them with your problems, to not know your limitations, to play it out in public, to cause a scene, to intrude into someone else’s bubble, to bore other people, to leave your mess for someone else, to be loud and overbearing, to forget that you are a guest, to forget that life is not about you, to seek attention unnecessarily. Do these sound familiar to you? If this is your way of getting by in life, then Japan is sooo not your place to visit!
“But what if…” – stop whingeing! Deal with it! It is your issue, not the world’s. Get help, if you need it; they’ll gladly give it to you, you can get help everywhere and anywhere and anytime, but then MOVE ON! As a nation, the Japanese are perhaps the most helpful people in the world, but DO MOVE ON! They all have a train to catch somewhere and it is a fast train and it isn’t in your direction. Get the idea?
迷惑 めいわく imposition meiwaku
Now back to the Bullet Train again:
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
Don’t worry:
they also have western-style toilets on the train.
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
“oh, dear, is that the price of petrol?”
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
Look! There’s your “Shin” reference!
and here’s your real “Shin”! Oh, what fun!
The dearer option, but very pleasant indeed…
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
upstairs downstairs
Enjoy your trip!
新幹線
shinkansen
しんかんせん
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